Por Retenerte
Odilio González Lyrics

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En un intento desesperado por retenerte
grite tu nombre
Mordi mi almohada desee mi muerte
y En el silencio de mi aposento oi tu voz
Y tuve que llorar amargas lagrimas

Llore mucho llore de corazón
y tube que beber mi amargo llanto

Era de sentimiento y soledad
te fuiste sin adios una mañana
Y solo me conformo con llorar,
y solo me conformo con llorar
Que mal pude yo hacerte vida mia
porque esta soledad y este abandono

tu Sabes que te quiero todavía,
que verte es mi ansiedad por que te adoro
Llore mucho llore de corazón
y tube beber mi amargo llanto
Era de sentimiento y soledad
te fuiste sin adios una mañana
Y solo me conformo con llorar,
y solo me conformo con llorar

Que mal pude yo hacerte vida mia
porque esta soledad y este abandono
tu Sabes que te quiero todavía,
que verte es mi ansiedad por que te adoro
Llore mucho llore de corazón
y tube beber mi amargo llanto
Era de sentimiento y soledad
te fuiste sin adios una mañana

y solo me conformo con llorar
y solo me conformo con llorar

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Por Retenerte" by Odilio González express a desperate attempt to hold onto someone who has already left. The singer screams the person's name and is overwhelmed by feelings of despair and grief. In the quiet of his room, he hears the voice of the person he longs for, which only makes him cry even harder.

The singer laments how much he has cried and how much he has suffered from the solitude and abandonment caused by the person's departure. He acknowledges that he may have done something wrong to push the person away, but asserts that he still loves them deeply and misses them terribly. In the end, he can do nothing but cry and long for their return, hoping that they will come back to him someday.

Line by Line Meaning

En un intento desesperado por retenerte
In a desperate attempt to keep you,

grite tu nombre
I screamed your name

Mordi mi almohada desee mi muerte
I bit my pillow and wished for my own death

y En el silencio de mi aposento oi tu voz
And in the silence of my room, I heard your voice

Y tuve que llorar amargas lagrimas
And I had to cry bitter tears

Llore mucho llore de corazón
I cried a lot, cried from the heart

y tube que beber mi amargo llanto
And I had to drink my bitter tears

Era de sentimiento y soledad
It was full of feelings and loneliness

te fuiste sin adios una mañana
You left without saying goodbye one morning

Y solo me conformo con llorar,
And I can only console myself by crying

Que mal pude yo hacerte vida mia
What harm could I have done to you my life