What does this line from a song mean?

Question

Como los quiero aunque nunca se lo diga

The translator doesn't make much sense of it, and my translation don't make sense.

"How I love them, although it's never said"

EDIT: Wait, am I right? Is it:

"How I love them, although I never tell them"

And the reason that decir is in the subjunctive is because you have to after "aunque"?

Answer 1

"How I love them, although I never tell them"

This is correct, but it could be just part of a sentence with como as a comparison or a separate sentence with cómo as an interjection, in which case ¡ and ! are used.

Decir could be either indicative or subjunctive here; it depends on the speaker´s intended nuance, although a verb following aunque is usually conjugated to subjunctive.

It's from the song "Como Los Quiero" by Ñejo. - SlimNm, Sep 21, 2013