Te Quiero Lyrics in English Stromae

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Te Quiero by Stromae from French to English.

One day I saw her, I immediately knew that

We were going to have to play these absurd games

Jewels, kisses, and la-di-das, sweet words and low blows

Insults, blows, etc, etc

No! Not mine but hers, yes

Our child will also become hers afterwards

Finally, it's the judge who will insist I imagine

Imagine me and that she has under her arm

And my dirty jeans and then all that

I love her to death but for life

We will say 'yes', for better or for worse

And even changing our minds

Even knowing we are wrong

We won't change life, so like everyone else

I will suffer until death

I would like to be her shadow

But I hate her

Even at the end of the world

Well, let her stay there

Yes, I loved her so much

I still love her

I won't have a choice, no

Until death

I love you

Until death

I love you

One day I will see her again, I will know it immediately

That it will start all over again for another round

One more world, a new judge

And then their smells of piss

It will just become repetitive once again

Imagine me in my old jeans

But this time, homeless

Feeling low, on top of a bridge

Or a cliff or a building

I will look like a fool when I jump into the void

I love her to death, I love her to death

I love her to death, I love her to death, I love her to death

I love her to death but for life

We will say 'yes', for better or for worse

And even changing our minds

Even knowing we are wrong

We won't change life

So like everyone else

I will suffer until death

I would like to be her shadow

But I hate her

Even at the end of the world

Well, let her stay there

Yes, I loved her so much

I still love her

I won't have a choice, no

Until death

I love you

Until death

I love you

Outro

I love her to death, I love her to death

I love her to death, I love her to death, I love her to death

I love her to death

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Stromae turns the tender phrase “Te quiero” into a bittersweet confession. In the song, the Belgian artist slips into the shoes of someone hopelessly tangled in a toxic relationship. He imagines the roller-coaster of passion, insults, legal battles, and heartbreak that follow “I love you” once infatuation curdles. Marriage, children, judges, and even homelessness flash before his eyes, yet the chorus keeps circling back to that deceptively simple te quiero—a reminder that love and pain can cling together like inseparable twins.

The result is a darkly humorous tango between devotion and self-destruction. Stromae’s narrator swears eternal love while picturing himself jumping off a bridge, dreams of being her shadow but also wishes she would disappear to the ends of the earth. The repetitive refrain and pounding beat mirror the endless loop of break-up and make-up, highlighting how obsession can trap us in cycles we know are harmful but can’t resist. In short, “Te Quiero” is a catchy warning: sometimes the sweetest words hide the sharpest edges.

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