Al amor le estaba huyendo

Question

Hmmm...

To love I was fleeing, didn't know you could flee TO something .... better yet check that LE out.

I think it's the IO for (el amor DO) I was fleeing to love but I guess huir can be used this way? Or maybe just for poetic license and whatnot.

Answer 1

huir

Since the object of the verb is located in front of the verb rather than following it, as commonly located, it takes a redundant object pronoun.

The redundant pronoun is required when the actual direct or indirect object precedes the verb.

huir meaning to flee is listed as an intransitive verb so the object must be an i.o. and not a d.o. (that is, to say, this cannot be a leísmo)

The correct explanation! - lazarus1907, Aug 4, 2011

Answer 2

I have heard and read this countless times.

Al amor le estaba huyendo.

Estaba huyéndole al amor.

Huyámosle a la mentira.

A ese hombre tan malo, ¡Húyele! ¡Húyele!

Húyanle a la promiscuidad.

So how would you translate it into English...? - bomberapolaca, Aug 4, 2011

Estaba huyéndole al amor.= [I/He/She] was running away from love. Huyámosle a la mentira.= Let's avoid lies. Húyanle a la promiscuidad= (To more than one person) Avoid promiscuity. - StephenTrevor, Aug 4, 2011

Vaya, m. gracias Stephen. Que pena que no se puede votar por comentarios ;) - bomberapolaca, Aug 4, 2011

Answer 3

To love I was fleeing,

So, the meaning first: I am fleeing towards love?

If that is the case:

Hacia el amor me dirigía.

Corría, me lanzaba, ....not huir.

Well, not that I think about it....

Huía hacia el amor.

Sounds poetic

Your sentence makes no sense.

Answer 4

I think it means "I was fleeing from love" and the initial "al" is used because indirect objects before the verb are usually preceded by "a", and it doesn't mean to or towards.

Answer 5

Al amor le estaba huyendo

After reading the entire poem, it would make more sense to me if the line in question were Del amor me estaba huyendo.

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I'm not very good at poem interpretation, but it seems that he is first discribing a former girlfriend (ella) and after leaving her he unexpectedly finds a new girl (te).

Wouldn't it be "Del amor [yo] estaba huyendo"? The I.O. is alternating with a positional phrase; something that was more common in the past. - lazarus1907, Aug 4, 2011

Excellent point, but more so I'm just focusing one the person in question because "le" doesn't seem to make any sense at all. Personally, I would not have used any personal pronoun, as you have noted - 005faa61, Aug 4, 2011

The le is absolutely necessary. The only question is whether the first word should be el, al, or del. - lorenzo9, Aug 4, 2011

Answer 6

Could it not mean that love was fleeing [on] him?

Or, in smoother English, love was fleeing from him?

No, because of that "a" in front of "el amor". Subjects cannot have a preposition in front of them, so it must be an I.O. - lazarus1907, Aug 4, 2011

Answer 7

Silly mistake!

Doh! I see that now thanks to your clarification (i.e., the a in front of the el amor). Thanks. :) - webdunce, Aug 4, 2011

Answer 8

It's from this

Ella era así

Bella como el sol y el mar

Así así

Imposible de olvidar

Algo me está sucediendo

Que no puedo describir

Al amor le estaba huyendo

Pero tengo que admitir

Que desde que te vi

Supe que eras para mí Supe que eras para mí Supe que eras para mí

I like this :) - Goldie_Miel, Aug 4, 2011