Tarde Lo Conoci Lyrics in English Patricia Teheran y las diosas del vallenato

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tarde Lo Conoci by Patricia Teheran y las diosas del vallenato from Spanish to English.
I didn't think that you would wake up
This big illusion that I have, that I have
I didn't imagine that I wouldn't find you
That kind of man that I wanted, that I wanted
How much I'd give to have you
My life, my whole life I'd give
To uncover the mystery
That those beautiful eyes keep
I know that you have a commitment
I know that you have someone who loves you
But it's well worth taking the risk
To have your love
And I don't know how to declare myself, I don't
Because I have respect for you
But it's that my love is so big too
That it hardly understands about that
That's why forgive me if I don't do right
But for you I die
Because I came to know you, sir
When your whole life is hers
If I'd seen you first
Surely I'd be your woman
If I'd seen you first
Surely I'd be your woman
But I don't care because I know that one day
Very soon I'll have you
I have the hope that I can have you
And be able to feel your skin
I don't know what comes over me when I'm near you
I don't know what comes over me, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do
I start to look at you and you make me tremble
I don't know what's going to happen if they see me, if they see me
Staring at you, saying a lot with my look
Then everyone understands that for you my soul is in love
I have to be very discreet
If I don't want everybody to find out
And that would make me sad
If I never get to have your love
I keep looking at you and I don't know what comes over me
You make me nervous
But it can happen to any woman
If, like me, she falls in love
That's why I truly ask God
That this won't happen to another
Because I came to know you, sir
When your whole life is hers
If I'd seen you first
Surely I'd be your woman
If I'd seen you first
Surely I'd be your woman
But I don't care because I know that one day
Very soon I'll have you
I have the hope that I can have you
And be able to feel your skin
Because I came to know you, sir
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SONG MEANING

Tarde Lo Conocí is a heartfelt vallenato confession where the singer discovers a love that arrives too late. Patricia Teherán gives voice to a woman who, upon meeting the man of her dreams, realizes he is already committed to someone else. Torn between respect for his relationship and the intensity of her own feelings, she admits that she would have given her whole life to unravel the secrets hidden in his beautiful eyes. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of stolen glances, nervous tremors, and whispered hopes while she tries to keep her growing passion discreet.

Despite knowing the odds are stacked against her, the narrator refuses to give up. She clings to the hope that one day she will feel his skin and call his love her own, repeating the bittersweet lament: “Si primero lo hubiera visto yo, seguramente fuera su mujer.” The song captures the universal ache of meeting the right person at the wrong time, balancing longing, daring, and the quiet optimism that love might still find a way.

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