Hay Amores Lyrics in English Shakira

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Hay Amores by Shakira from Spanish to English.
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Verse 1
Oh, my love
What wouldn't I do for you?
To have you for a second
Away from the world and close to me
Oh, my love
Like the Magdalena River
That merges into the sand of the sea
I want to merge myself into you
Chorus 1
There are loves
That become resistant to damage
Like wine, which improves with age
This is how what I feel for you grows
There are loves
That wait for winter and bloom
And in the autumn nights, they become green
Such as the love that I feel for you
Verse 2
Oh, my love
Don't forget about the sea
That at night has seen me cry
So many memories of you
Oh, my love
Don't forget about the day
That separated your life
From the poor life that I had to live
Chorus 3
There are loves
That become resistant to damage
Like wine, which improves with age
This is how what I feel for you grows
There are loves
That seem to end and bloom
And in the autumn nights, they become green
Such as the love that I feel for you
For you
For you
Like the love that I feel for you
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SONG MEANING

Shakira’s “Hay Amores” wraps the listener in a warm bolero embrace, turning romantic devotion into a vivid Colombian postcard. The singer invites her beloved to escape the world for “just one second,” comparing their union to the mighty Río Magdalena melting into the Caribbean Sea. With that image, she hints that her love is both natural and unstoppable, ready to dissolve every boundary until the two become one.

Resilience is the song’s heartbeat. Shakira likens true affection to fine wine that only gets better with age and to flowers that refuse to wither, even blooming anew in autumn nights. Memories of the ocean, tears shed beneath moonlit waves, and the day their lives were pulled apart all underscore a love that survives distance, time, and hardship. In the end, every metaphor circles back to a single promise: this love will not merely endure, it will flourish.

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