Te Amo Lyrics in English Vanessa da Mata

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Te Amo by Vanessa da Mata from Portuguese to English.
But the worst is not being able
It's giving up trying
Don't believe what they say
Notice the fear of loving
I grew up hearing jokes
Clichés and mockery
Frustrations
About living together, getting married
To surrender would be to weaken
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
And if time takes you away
And one day I look at you and don't recognize you
And if the romance falls apart
Loses its meaning
And I forget about it
But we are a Klimt painting
'The Kiss' forever sparking in colors
Resisting everything we will be
Two happy old people
Hand in hand on a sunny afternoon
Forever
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
I love you
I love you, I love you, I love you
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SONG MEANING

Te Amo finds Brazilian singer Vanessa da Mata turning a simple declaration of love into a heartfelt manifesto against fear. She looks back on the clichés and jokes she heard growing up about marriage and commitment, recognizing how they plant seeds of doubt. Instead of giving in, the song urges us to keep trying, to ignore the pessimists, and to face “o medo de amar” head-on.

The chorus repeats “Te amo” like a protective spell, and the imagery shimmers with hope: even if time blurs faces and romance loses shape, the couple will remain a living version of Klimt’s The Kiss, glowing with color. In the end, Vanessa paints love as an act of quiet rebellion—two happy elders walking hand in hand under the sun, proving that devotion can outlast every prediction of failure.

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