Adelante – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas

Lyrics & Translation

Jump into the Argentine Funk and Hip Hop world of Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas with “Adelante.” This intense, confrontational track is perfect for intermediate Spanish learners, offering a masterclass in emotional, metaphorical language related to heartbreak, betrayal, and shifting power dynamics. You'll learn sharp, dramatic Spanish phrases and expand your vocabulary beyond everyday conversation, all set to a killer groove.

[English]

Go ahead

Sit down and explain what happened

How did you manage to destroy the best part of yourself

Or how did you forget me in just one moment

me.

I met you

the day you broke up with another man.

The night was ending, and it brought your name.

You were wearing flowers from another garden,

on you.

And now I’m an eclipse in your confession.

A star burning in your heart.

If there’s no love, you don’t see me anymore, you don’t see me anymore.

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Go ahead

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Go ahead, now it’s your turn to listen to me.

The times I gathered your pieces one by one

To rebuild you and then protect you from yourself.

I no longer recognized you.

I didn’t recognize you, the day the tsunami hit our bed.

You pretended to love me, you stabbed the dagger.

You forced a smile and left me here.

Without me.

And now I’m an eclipse in your confession.

A star burning in your heart.

If there’s no love, you don’t see me anymore, you don’t see me anymore.

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[Spanish]

Adelante

Siéntate y explica lo que pasó

Cómo has hecho para destruir lo mejor de ti

O cómo te olvidaste en un solo instante

de mí.

Te conocí

el día que rompiste con otro hombre.

La noche terminaba y trajo tu nombre.

Llevabas puestas flores de otro jardín,

en ti.

Y ahora soy un eclipse en tu confesión.

Una estrella quemando en tu corazón.

Si hay desamor, ya no me ves, ya no me ves.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah

Adelante

Ah ah ah ah ah ah

Ah ah ah ah ah ah

Adelante, ahora es turno de que me escuches a mí.

Las veces que junté una a una tus partes

Para reconstruirte y luego cuidarte de ti.

Te desconocí.

Desconocí, el día que el tsunami llegó a nuestra cama.

Fingiste que me amabas, clavaste la daga.

Armaste una sonrisa y te fuiste de aquí.

Sin mí.

Y ahora soy un eclipse en tu confesión.

Una estrella quemando en tu corazón.

Si hay desamor, ya no me ves, ya no me ves.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
explica [eksˈplika] A2	verb - explain
destruir [dɛsˈtɾwiɾ] B1	verb - to destroy
olvidar [olβiˈðaɾ] B1	verb - to forget
instante [insˈtante] B2	noun - instant, moment
estima [esˈtima] C1	noun - esteem, regard
rompiste [romˈpiste] B1	verb - you broke
jardín [xaɾˈðin] A2	noun - garden
eclipse [eˈklipse] B2	noun - eclipse
confesión [konfeˈsjon] B2	noun - confession
estrella [esˈtɾeʝa] A2	noun - star
corazón [koɾaˈθon] A2	noun - heart
desamor [desaˈmoɾ] C1	noun - breakup, loss of love
veces [ˈβeθes] A2	noun - times (occasions)
reconstruir [rekonstɾwiɾ] C1	verb - to rebuild, reconstruct
cuidar [kwidar] A2	verb - to take care of
tsunami [tsuˈnami] C1	noun - tsunami (large ocean wave)
daga [ˈdaɣa] C1	noun - dagger

Key Grammar Structures

• Siéntate y explica lo que pasó.

  ➔ Imperative mood + relative clause

  ➔ The word "Siéntate" is an imperative form addressed to 'tú'. It commands the listener to sit down, followed by a relative clause 'lo que pasó' meaning 'what happened'.

• Cómo has hecho para destruir lo mejor de ti.

  ➔ Present perfect + infinitive clause

  ➔ "Has hecho" indicates an action completed in the present context, similar to 'you have done'. The infinitive "para destruir" expresses purpose — 'in order to destroy'.

• Te conocí el día que rompiste con otro hombre.

  ➔ Preterite tense + relative clause with temporal phrase

  ➔ "Conocí" means 'I met' (preterite tense, completed action). The clause 'el día que rompiste' defines when this meeting occurred: 'the day you broke up'.

• Llevabas puestas flores de otro jardín.

  ➔ Past imperfect + past participle used adjectivally

  ➔ "Llevabas" (you were wearing) shows continuous past action. "Puestas" modifies 'flores', agreeing in gender and number, describing how the flowers were worn.

• Y ahora soy un eclipse en tu confesión.

  ➔ Metaphorical use of 'ser' in the present tense

  ➔ "Soy" literally means 'I am', but metaphorically it describes the speaker as 'an eclipse' — a poetic identification using 'ser' to express essence.

• Te desconocí el día que el tsunami llegó a nuestra cama.

  ➔ Preterite + definite temporal clause + metaphor

  ➔ "Desconocí" (I didn't recognize / I stopped knowing) shows complete action. 'El tsunami llegó' is another past event — a metaphor for emotional destruction.

• Fingiste que me amabas.

  ➔ Preterite + subordinate clause with imperfect

  ➔ "Fingiste" (you pretended) is a completed action. The subordinate clause 'que me amabas' uses imperfect to show ongoing or false feeling at that time.

• Armaste una sonrisa y te fuiste de aquí.

  ➔ Preterite compound clause with reflexive verb

  ➔ "Armaste" (you assembled/put on) and "te fuiste" (you left) are both preterite actions. The reflexive form 'te fuiste' emphasizes the subject's personal departure.

• Si hay desamor, ya no me ves.

  ➔ Conditional clause with present tense verbs

  ➔ The 'si' clause uses the present to express a real condition ('if there is no love'). The main clause also uses the present: 'you no longer see me'.

• Adelante, ahora es turno de que me escuches a mí.

  ➔ Expression with impersonal structure + subjunctive

  ➔ "Es turno de que me escuches" uses the impersonal 'es turno de' (it's time for), followed by 'que + subjunctive' ('that you listen to me'), expressing necessity or emotional demand.