Acabo de llegar

• By: Fito & Fitipaldis
• Album: Antes de que cuente Diez

Lyrics:

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Qué te voy a decir

What am I supposed to say

Si yo acabo de llegar

If I’ve just arrived

Si esto es como el mar

If this is like the sea

Quién conoce alguna esquina

Who knows any corner

Dejadme nacer, que me tengo que inventar

Let me be born, I need to invent myself

Para hacerme pez

To become a fish

Empecé por las espinas

I started with the spikes

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Nunca lo escribí en un papel

I never wrote it down on paper

Y nunca lo ha cantado mi voz

And my voice has never sung it

Y tú, ahora me preguntas qué hacer

And now you ask me what to do

Y yo que siempre voy detrás del error

And I, always chasing the error

Le canto a lo que nunca tendré

Sing to what I’ll never have

Al beso que ella nunca me dio

To the kiss she never gave me

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Dime tú qué puede saber

Tell me, what can someone know

Alguien que ha pasao la vida

Who’s spent their life

Buscando la melodía

Searching for the melody

Oh, qué te voy a decir

Oh, what am I supposed to say

Si yo acabo de llegar

If I’ve just arrived

Si esto es como el mar

If this is like the sea

Quién conoce alguna esquina

Who knows any corner

Dejadme nacer, que me tengo que inventar

Let me be born, I need to invent myself

Para hacerme pez

To become a fish

Empecé por las espinas

I started with the spikes

La vida es algo que hay que morder

Life is something you have to bite

Y en cada boca tiene un sabor

And each mouth has its flavor

Tus huesos no los tapa mi piel

Your bones are not covered by my skin

Por eso, siempre digo que no (que no)

That’s why I always say no (no)

Perdona, tengo cosas que hacer

Sorry, I have things to do

Que aún me queda media vida

That I still have half a life left

Pa' encontrar la melodía, oh

To find the melody, oh

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...

Qué te voy a decir

What am I supposed to say

Si yo acabo de llegar

If I’ve just arrived

Si esto es como el mar

If this is like the sea

Quién conoce alguna esquina

Who knows any corner

Dejadme nacer, que me tengo que inventar

Let me be born, I need to invent myself

...

...

Qué te voy a decir

What am I supposed to say

Si yo acabo de llegar

If I’ve just arrived

Si esto es como el mar

If this is like the sea

Quién conoce alguna esquina

Who knows any corner

Dejadme nacer, que me tengo que inventar

Let me be born, I need to invent myself

Para hacerme pez

To become a fish

Empecé por las espinas

I started with the spikes

Oh, qué te voy a decir

Oh, what am I supposed to say

Si yo acabo de llegar

If I’ve just arrived

Si esto es como el mar

If this is like the sea

Quién conoce alguna esquina

Who knows any corner

Dejadme nacer, que me tengo que inventar

Let me be born, I need to invent myself

Para hacerme pez

To become a fish

Empecé por las espinas

I started with the spikes

Oh, qué te voy a decir

Oh, what am I supposed to say

Qué te voy a decir

What am I supposed to say

...

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
llegar /ʝeˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to arrive
mar /maɾ/ A2	noun - sea
esquina /esˈki.na/ B1	noun - corner
nacer /naˈθeɾ/ B2	verb - to be born
pezz /pɛθ/ A2	noun - fish verb - to cut or break into pieces
espinas /ˈespinas/ B2	noun - thorns, spines
vida /ˈbi.ðað/ A1	noun - life
sabor /saˈβoɾ/ A2	noun - flavor
piel /pjeɾ/ A2	noun - skin
hacer /aˈθeɾ/ A2	verb - to do, to make
dentro /ˈdɛn.tɾo/ A2	adverb/preposition - inside
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to sing

Grammar:

• Qué te voy a decir

  ➔ Future Simple (ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ Expressing a future action that is planned or likely to happen. Here, it's used rhetorically, implying the speaker doesn't know what to say.

• Si yo acabo de llegar

  ➔ Present Perfect (acabar de + infinitive)

  ➔ Expressing an action that has just happened. "Acabar de" + infinitive indicates something has just been completed.

• Si esto es como el mar

  ➔ Simile (ser como)

  ➔ Using "es como" to create a simile, comparing the situation to the sea. This implies vastness, complexity, and unfamiliarity.

• Quién conoce alguna esquina

  ➔ Interrogative Pronoun (Quién)

  ➔ "Quién" introduces a question. Here it is a rhetorical question, implying that nobody knows all the corners of something vast like the sea.

• Dejadme nacer, que me tengo que inventar

  ➔ Imperative (Dejadme) + Obligation (tener que + infinitive)

  ➔ "Dejadme" is an imperative verb asking to be allowed to be born (figuratively). "Tener que" expresses obligation, meaning he has to invent himself.

• Para hacerme pez

  ➔ Purpose Clause (para + infinitive)

  ➔ "Para" + infinitive indicates the purpose or reason for the preceding action. He needs to invent himself in order to become a fish.

• Empecé por las espinas

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase (Empezar por)

  ➔ "Empezar por" means to start with something. In this case, he started with the thorns, suggesting difficulties and challenges.

• Y yo que siempre voy detrás del error

  ➔ Relative Clause with 'que' + Idiomatic expression (ir detrás de)

  ➔ The 'que' introduces a relative clause describing 'yo'. 'Ir detrás de' means to go after or pursue something. In this context, the speaker always pursues mistakes.