Cómo Duele Lyrics in English Luis Miguel

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cómo Duele by Luis Miguel from Spanish to English.

Verse 1

If ever

I played with love in this life

Verse 1

Without wanting it, without thinking it

If in that time

Of my unaware years

Someone was left hurt

I've already paid

It's already settled

With every kiss and the love

That I'm giving you

If suddenly

I saw a flower over there

And I felt like plucking it

If there was a love that without reservations gave me everything

And I ignored it

It's already settled

I'm paying for it

With every time that I settle you in my arms

And it's you that I sleep with

And the root of my insides hurts me

That somebody gave you a kiss before I did

I burn up thinking about it

If I'll finally manage to get over it

How it hurts

That I haven't shown you the moon

That you flew toward a star held by another hand

And if I've been mistaken

By my God it's settled

Since the day that I had you and that I loved you

How it hurts

And the root of my insides hurts me

That somebody gave you a kiss before I did

I burn up thinking about it

If I'll finally manage to get over it

How it hurts

That I haven't shown you the moon

That you flew toward a star held by another hand

And if I've been mistaken

By my God it's settled

Since the day that I had you

And that I loved you

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SONG MEANING

“Cómo Duele” is Luis Miguel’s heartfelt confession of remorse, jealousy, and redemption. The singer looks back on youthful romances where he may have played carelessly with someone’s feelings, admitting that he is now “paying the debt” with every tender kiss he gives his current partner. Behind the silky vocals lies a man who feels the weight of his past mistakes yet hopes that loving the right person, right now, will balance the emotional ledger.

The pain, however, runs deeper than guilt. Luis Miguel grapples with a sharp jealousy over the memories his lover carries from before they met. It hurts that someone else once showed her the moon and gave her that first shiver of love. He imagines those earlier kisses and practically “burns” at the thought, wondering if he will ever overcome it. In short, the song captures the bittersweet blend of trying to make amends for yesterday while wrestling with the ghosts of a partner’s yesterdays—a universal sting that truly explains cómo duele (how it hurts).

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