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'd have to play those absurd games

Jewels, kisses and tra-la-las, sweet words and low blows

Insults, punches, etcetera, etcetera

No! Not mine but hers, yes

Our kid will become hers too after

In the end the judge will insist, I guess

Picture me and her with it under her arm

And my dirty jeans and all that

I love her to death but for life

We'll say 'yes', for life, till death

And even if we change our minds

Even knowing we're wrong

We won't change life, so like everybody

I'll suffer from it till death

I'd like to be her shadow

But I hate her

Even at the end of the world

Well then, let her stay there

Yeah I loved her so much

I still love her

I won't have a choice, no

Till death

I love you

Till death

I love you

One day I'll see her again, I'll know it immediately

that we'll be off again for another lap

One more world, a new judge

And then their smells of piss

It'll just become repetitive once more

Picture me in my old jeans

But that time, homeless

Morale low, up on a bridge

A cliff or a building

I'll look like an idiot 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'll say 'yes', for life, till death

And even if we change our minds

Even knowing we're wrong

We won't change life

So like everybody

I'll suffer from it till death

I'd like to be her shadow

But I hate her

Even at the end of the world

Well then, let her stay there

Yeah I loved her so much

I still love her

I won't have a choice, no

Till death

I love you

Till 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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