Ares – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Destripando la Historia

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Saludos, jóvenes espartanos.

Greetings, young Spartans.

Bienvenidos a Destripando la Historia, con Pascu y Rodri

Welcome to Ripping Up History, with Pascu and Rodri

Hoy os traemos al señor de la guerra, Ares.

Today we bring you the lord of war, Ares.

Zeus engendró a un dios sin corazón

Zeus fathered a god without a heart

Un guerrero con ansia y gran valor

A warrior with eagerness and great courage

Ares creció, el odio se ganó.

Ares grew, he earned hatred.

A su tía vio y se enamoró

He saw his aunt and fell in love

Con Hefesto está casada y le da igual

She's married to Hephaestus, he doesn't care

y tendrán hijos sin parar

And they'll have children non-stop

Tiene sed de sangre

He's thirsty for blood

su lanza es gigante

His spear is gigantic

El dios de la guerra, Ares

The god of war, Ares

con sus hijos va al combate

Goes to battle with his sons

En un jarrón un tío le encerró

A guy locked him in a jar

Pero Hermes llegó y le rescató

But Hermes arrived and rescued him

Buenas tardes, soy Hefesto y te pillé

Good afternoon, I'm Hephaestus and I caught you

dándole guerra a mi mujer

Giving war to my wife

Fue muy humillante

It was very humiliating

con todos delante

With everyone watching

se llevó su lanza, Ares

He took his spear, Ares

a dar guerra en otra parte

To wage war elsewhere

Si alguien abusa de su hijita

If someone abuses his little daughter

Ares le clava su lancita

Ares sticks his little spear into them

Hubo que juzgarle

He had to be judged

No salió culpable

He wasn't found guilty

En Roma es un grande

In Rome he is a great one

Salve al dios Marte

Hail to the god Mars

lucha en Troya y pierde, Ares

He fights in Troy and loses, Ares

tiene un carro impresionante

He has an impressive chariot

y unos fuertes pectorales

And strong pectorals

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
guerra /ˈɡera/ A2	noun - war
dios /djos/ A1	noun - god
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
guerrero /ɡeˈreɾo/ B1	noun - warrior
ansia /ˈansja/ B2	noun - anxiety, craving
valor /baˈloɾ/ B1	noun - courage, value
odio /ˈoðjo/ B1	noun - hatred
sed /sed/ B2	noun - thirst
sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ A2	noun - blood
lanza /ˈlanθa/ B1	noun - spear
gigante /xiˈɡante/ B1	adjective - giant
combate /komˈbate/ B1	noun - combat
jarrón /xaˈron/ B2	noun - jar, vase
mujer /muˈxeɾ/ A1	noun - woman, wife
hijita /iˈxita/ A2	noun - little daughter
carro /ˈkaro/ B1	noun - chariot, car
pectorales /pektoˈɾales/ B2	noun - pectorals (muscles)

Key Grammar Structures

• Bienvenidos a Destripando la Historia, con Pascu y Rodri

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (in impersonal expressions)

  ➔ While not directly present, the phrase implies 'Les damos la bienvenida,' and in such expressions involving giving/wishing/recommending, the subjunctive can be used to convey subjectivity. Here, it is more common to see the indicative, as it's a direct welcome, but the underlying principle is relevant to understanding subjunctive use in similar contexts.

• Zeus engendró a un dios sin corazón

  ➔ Preterite (simple past) tense

  ➔ The verb "engendró" is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past. It describes Zeus fathering a god.

• A su tía vio y se enamoró

  ➔ Reflexive verb with indirect object pronoun (se enamoró)

  ➔ "Se enamoró" is a reflexive verb indicating that the action of falling in love is directed back at the subject. The "se" is crucial for conveying this reflexive action.

• Con Hefesto está casada y le da igual

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun (le) indicating who is being affected by the action.

  ➔ The pronoun "le" refers to Ares. "Le da igual" means that something is the same or irrelevant TO HIM. It shows to whom something doesn't matter.

• Tiene sed de sangre

  ➔ Idiomatic expression using 'tener' (to have)

  ➔ The phrase "tener sed de" is an idiomatic expression meaning "to thirst for." It's a specific usage of the verb 'tener' that doesn't translate literally to 'to have thirst'.

• En un jarrón un tío le encerró

  ➔ Object Pronoun Placement (le) and Inversion for Emphasis

  ➔ The typical word order would be "Un tío le encerró en un jarrón." By placing the object pronoun "le" before the verb and using the inversion, the sentence emphasizes who was locked up (Ares) and the action itself. This is a stylistic choice, often used in narrative for dramatic effect.

• Buenas tardes, soy Hefesto y te pillé

  ➔ Simple Past Tense (Pretérito Perfecto Simple/Indefinido) - 'pille'

  ➔ The verb "pille" is in the simple past tense, indicating a completed action in the past. It means 'I caught you'.

• Si alguien abusa de su hijita

  ➔ Conditional Sentences (Type 1)

  ➔ This sentence presents a conditional situation. 'Si' (if) introduces the condition, and the present indicative ('abusa') implies a real or possible situation. The implication is that if someone abuses his daughter, a consequence will follow (stated in the next line, though not present in this isolated line).