Te hubieras ido antes Reik Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Te hubieras ido antes' means 'You should’ve left sooner' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Reik' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Line 1
Original Lyrics: No existe amor perfecto

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Aligned Translation: There is no perfect love

Free Translation: There's no such thing as perfect love

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Line 2
Original Lyrics: Empiezo a pensar que

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Aligned Translation: I'm starting to think that

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Line 3
Original Lyrics: Esto del amor es una fantasía

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Aligned Translation: This thing about love is a fantasy

Free Translation: This thing called love is just a fantasy

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Line 4
Original Lyrics: Y no me la creo

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Aligned Translation: And I don't believe it

Free Translation: And I can’t believe it

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Line 5
Original Lyrics: Que ya no te acuerdes

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Aligned Translation: That you don't remember anymore

Free Translation: That you don’t even remember

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Line 6
Original Lyrics: De todas las veces

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Aligned Translation: Of all the times

Free Translation: All the times

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Line 7
Original Lyrics: Que te hice mía

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Aligned Translation: That I made you mine

Free Translation: I made you mine

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Line 8
Original Lyrics: Y todavía me exiges

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Aligned Translation: And you still demand of me

Free Translation: And yet you still demand

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Line 9
Original Lyrics: Que olvide tu sonrisa

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Aligned Translation: That I forget your smile

Free Translation: That I forget your smile

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Line 10
Original Lyrics: Y borre de mi mente todas tus caricias

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Aligned Translation: And erase from my mind all your caresses

Free Translation: And erase all your caresses from my mind

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Original Lyrics: Me subes hasta el cielo

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Aligned Translation: You take me up to the sky

Free Translation: You lift me up to heaven

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Line 12
Original Lyrics: Y luego caigo al suelo

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Aligned Translation: And then I fall to the ground

Free Translation: Then I come crashing down

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Line 13
Original Lyrics: Porque te vas cuando más te quería

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Aligned Translation: because you are leaving when I loved you the most

Free Translation: Because you leave just when I loved you most

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Original Lyrics: Te hubieras ido antes

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Aligned Translation: You should've left sooner

Free Translation: You should’ve left sooner

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Line 15
Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué no te marchaste

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Aligned Translation: Why didn't you leave

Free Translation: Why didn’t you walk away

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Original Lyrics: Cuando aún no eras tan indispensable?

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Aligned Translation: When you weren't so indispensable yet?

Free Translation: When you weren’t so important yet?

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Original Lyrics: Me pides que te olvide

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Aligned Translation: You ask me that I forget you

Free Translation: You ask me to forget you

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Original Lyrics: Cuando hiciste todo para enamorarme

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Aligned Translation: When you did everything to make me fall in love

Free Translation: When you did everything to make me fall in love

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Original Lyrics: ¿A qué estabas jugando, dime

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Aligned Translation: What were you playing at, tell me

Free Translation: What were you playing at, tell me

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Original Lyrics: Por qué diablos me obligaste a amarte

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Aligned Translation: Why the hell did you make me love you

Free Translation: Why the hell did you make me love you

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Original Lyrics: Y luego te alejaste?

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Aligned Translation: And then you walked away

Free Translation: And then just walk away?

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Line 22
Original Lyrics: Te hubieras ido antes

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Aligned Translation: You should've left sooner

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Original Lyrics: No creo que merezca que

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Aligned Translation: I don't think that I deserve that

Free Translation: I don’t think I deserve

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Original Lyrics: Mi corazón tires a la basura

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Aligned Translation: My heart you throw in the trash

Free Translation: For you to throw my heart in the trash

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Original Lyrics: Me suena tan ilógico

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Aligned Translation: It sounds so illogical to me

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Original Lyrics: Que ahora digas que no fue tu culpa

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Aligned Translation: That now you say that it wasn't your fault

Free Translation: That now you say it wasn’t your fault

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Original Lyrics: Si no te interesaba, ¿pa' qué me besabas

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Aligned Translation: If you weren't interested why did you kiss me

Free Translation: If you weren’t interested, why did you kiss me

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Original Lyrics: Con tanta dulzura y con tanta ternura?

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Aligned Translation: With such sweetness and with so much tenderness?

Free Translation: With so much sweetness and so much tenderness?

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Original Lyrics: Te hubieras ido antes

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Aligned Translation: You should've left sooner

Free Translation: You should’ve left sooner

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Original Lyrics: Y así ya no tendría

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Aligned Translation: And so I would no longer have

Free Translation: And then I wouldn’t have

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Line 31
Original Lyrics: Estas ganas de rogarte

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Aligned Translation: This urge to beg you

Free Translation: This urge to beg you

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Line 32
Original Lyrics: Y todavía me exiges

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Aligned Translation: And you still demand of me

Free Translation: And yet you still demand

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Original Lyrics: Que olvide tu sonrisa

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Aligned Translation: That I forget your smile

Free Translation: That I forget your smile

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Original Lyrics: Y borre de mi mente todas tus caricias

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Aligned Translation: And erase from my mind all your caresses

Free Translation: And erase all your caresses from my mind

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Original Lyrics: Me subes hasta el cielo

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Aligned Translation: You take me up to the sky

Free Translation: You lift me up to heaven

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Original Lyrics: Y luego caigo al suelo

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Aligned Translation: And then I fall to the ground

Free Translation: Then I come crashing down

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Original Lyrics: Porque te vas

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Aligned Translation: Because you're leaving

Free Translation: Because you leave

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Original Lyrics: Cuando más te quería

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Aligned Translation: When I loved you the most

Free Translation: when I loved you most…

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Original Lyrics: Te hubieras ido antes

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Aligned Translation: You should've left sooner

Free Translation: You should’ve left sooner

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué no te marchaste

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Aligned Translation: Why didn't you leave

Free Translation: Why didn’t you walk away

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Original Lyrics: Cuando aún no eras tan indispensable?

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Aligned Translation: When you weren't so indispensable yet?

Free Translation: When you weren’t so important yet?

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Original Lyrics: Me pides que te olvide

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Aligned Translation: You ask me that I forget you

Free Translation: You ask me to forget you

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Original Lyrics: Cuando hiciste todo para enamorarme

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Aligned Translation: When you did everything to make me fall in love

Free Translation: When you did everything to make me fall in love

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Original Lyrics: A que estabas jugando dime

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Aligned Translation: What were you playing at tell me

Free Translation: What were you playing at, tell me

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué diablos me obligaste a amarte

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Aligned Translation: Why the hell did you make me love you

Free Translation: Why the hell did you make me love you

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Original Lyrics: Y luego te alejaste?

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Aligned Translation: And then you walked away

Free Translation: And then just walk away?

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Line 47
Original Lyrics: Te hubieras ido antes

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Aligned Translation: You should've left sooner

Free Translation: You should’ve left sooner

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Original Lyrics: No creo que merezca que

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Aligned Translation: I don't think that I deserve that

Free Translation: I don’t think I deserve

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Original Lyrics: Mi corazón tires a la basura

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Aligned Translation: My heart you throw in the trash

Free Translation: For you to throw my heart in the trash

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Original Lyrics: Me suena tan ilógico

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Aligned Translation: It sounds so illogical to me

Free Translation: It sounds so illogical to me

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Original Lyrics: Que ahora digas que no fue tu culpa

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Aligned Translation: That now you say that it wasn't your fault

Free Translation: That now you say it wasn’t your fault

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Original Lyrics: Si no te interesaba, ¿pa' qué me besabas

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Aligned Translation: If you weren't interested why did you kiss me

Free Translation: If you weren’t interested, why did you kiss me

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Original Lyrics: Con tanta dulzura y con tanta ternura?

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Aligned Translation: With such sweetness and with so much tenderness?

Free Translation: With so much sweetness and so much tenderness?

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Line 54
Original Lyrics: Te hubieras ido antes

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Aligned Translation: You should've left sooner

Free Translation: You should’ve left sooner

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Original Lyrics: Y así ya no tendría

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Aligned Translation: And so I would no longer have

Free Translation: And then I wouldn’t have

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Original Lyrics: Estas ganas de rogarte

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Aligned Translation: This urge to beg you

Free Translation: This urge to beg you

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Review

1) Lyric Summary & Meaning 

The lyrics express profound disillusionment with love,portraying it as a fantasy, and direct intense anger and pain toward a lover who left after becoming indispensable. The narrator accuses them of demanding forgetfulness while highlighting the cruelty of their departure at the peak of his affection, culminating in the bitter wish that they had left earlier to spare him the deep dependency and heartbreak.

2) Emotional Impact & Storytelling 

The song evokes a raw,furious, and betrayed feeling through its aggressive rock instrumentation and the artist's strained, emotional vocals that convey desperation and resentment. The story is built from a place of post-breakup anguish, contrasting past intimate memories ("all the times I made you mine") with the present brutal reality of abandonment, using accusatory questions to emphasize the lover's perceived selfishness and the narrator's devastating loss.

3) Explicit Themes & Mood 

The song contains no explicit sexual content but explores intense emotional themes of betrayal,heartbreak, and disillusionment. The mood is overwhelmingly angry, bitter, and despairing, focusing on the pain of being abandoned after deep emotional investment rather than any sense of fun or sadness alone.

4) Relation to the Music Video 

In the video for"Te hubieras ido antes", Reik turns an intimate small stage into a sanctuary of heartbreak, where every visual detail amplifies the raw emotion of the lyrics. The neon lights in small squares illuminating the ceiling like constellations of broken memories, while the navy blue curtains on the walls wrap the scene in deep melancholy, mirroring the fall from heaven to ground described in the song. The artist sings with gripping intensity, accompanied by two guitarists whose acoustic solos—captured in tight close-ups—become instrumental laments that dialogue with his voice. The rugs under their feet add earthly warmth to an otherwise ethereal space, symbolizing the anchor of reality amid the "fantasy" of lost love. Each close-up of Reik's face, marked by vulnerability, and the guitar strings plucked with feeling, weave a visual narrative of grief: the impossible demand to forget smiles and caresses, encapsulated in the painful question that titles the song. The stage, minimalist yet atmospheric, becomes the perfect confessional for this belated farewell.

Submitted by user: ANAJOSE

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics very easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung slowly and it has very easy to remember verbs and nouns

Many words used are not in common daily usage.RAE

Te hubieras ido antes has 98 BPM (beats per minute)

Te hubieras ido antes is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 7352 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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