Te Echo De Menos Lyrics in English by Beret
Echar de menos is a memorable Spanish expression meaning “to miss someone,” as in te echo de menos (“I miss you”). The song also plays with the related verb echar in te eché (“I pushed you away” or “I sent you away”), creating a poignant contrast between missing someone and being the reason they left.
In “Te Echo de Menos” (“I miss you”), Beret, an artist from Spain, sings from the uncomfortable place between missing someone and knowing he pushed them away. He admits, “Te echo de menos, aunque yo fui quien te eché” [I miss you, even though I was the one who sent you away]. The song uses “pasar página” [to turn the page] as an image for moving on, but he feels that if this person does it, “ya no te leo” [I can’t read you anymore]. He wants them to love themselves and keep their joy, even if they become someone without him. There is also a sharp image of attraction and fear: “Tú eres fuego y yo tengo miedo a arder” [you are fire, and I’m afraid of burning].
What makes the song especially honest is the singer’s self-criticism. He says he promised to do everything for this person, yet could not make them happy. He realizes too late that he might have stayed, and that the real pain is not leaving, but discovering he could have stayed when the other person no longer could. The line “siempre viví conmigo, y el que menos se conoce en realidad soy yo” [I always lived with myself, and in reality I am the person I know least] turns the breakup into a question about self-knowledge. He misses someone he may have loved badly, fears love even while believing it can overcome everything, and keeps waiting despite knowing it hurts.
