Calma Tu Dolor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Stravaganzza
• Album: Primer Acto

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish through Stravaganzza's "Calma Tu Dolor" offers a unique opportunity to delve into rich, poetic language expressing deep emotions. The song's powerful metaphors for inner turmoil and empathy can expand your vocabulary for abstract feelings, while the dramatic and clear vocal delivery of Leo Jiménez makes it easier to follow the lyrical narrative. It's a special song for language learners who appreciate epic, symphonic metal and want to connect with the emotional depth of Spanish.

[English]

I feel the hatred tearing through my veins

It’s the rage that rots my very being

It torments me, and I sense how it burns

If only I could disappear!

...

The glass carved grooves into the wood

...

It’s common now, not the first time

Stabbing God calms my turmoil

Tearing open the wound once more

I wish I could cradle

...

The anguish in your heart

...

Dry the loneliness from your eyes

Ease your pain

...

The poison in your blood is like ivy

Corrupting my purpose and faith

It’s cowardly, able to throw the stone

Only to hide the hand afterward!

In your chest, the sores; grains of sand

The stigma on your skin won’t close

If you knew I live so you can understand

That even withered, you can still bloom...

...

[Spanish]

Siento el odio rompiéndome por las venas

Es la rabia que pudre mi ser

Me atormenta y advierto cómo me quema

¡Si pudiera desaparecer!

El cristal hizo surcos en la madera

Ya es común no es la primera vez

Puñaladas a Dios calman mi marea

Desgarrando en la herida otra vez

Quisiera poder acunar

La angustia de tu corazón

Secar de tus ojos la soledad

Calmar tu dolor

El veneno en tu sangre es como la hiedra

Corrompiendo el sentido y mi fe

Es cobarde, capaz de lanzar la piedra

¡Para luego la mano esconder!

En tu pecho, las llagas; granos de arena

No se cierra el estigma en tu piel

Si supieras que vivo para que entiendas

Que aún marchita puedes florecer...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
odio /ˈo.ði.o/ B1	noun - hate, intense dislike
rabia /raˈβi.a/ B2	noun - rage, fury, intense anger
veneno /beˈne.no/ A2	noun - poison, toxic substance
sangre /ˈsaŋ.ɡɾe/ A1	noun - blood
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A1	noun - pain, suffering
angustia /anˈɡus.tja/ B2	noun - anguish, deep anxiety
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart (organ or emotional centre)
soledad /so.leˈðað/ B1	noun - loneliness, solitude
herida /eˈri.ða/ A2	noun - wound, injury
llagas /ˈʎa.ɣas/ B2	noun - ulcers, sores
marea /maˈɾea/ A2	noun - tide, surge of emotion
cristal /kɾisˈtal/ A2	noun - crystal, glass
madera /maˈðeɾa/ A1	noun - wood, timber
hiedra /ˈi.e.dɾa/ A2	noun - ivy, climbing plant
fe /fe/ A2	noun - faith, belief
sentido /senˈtiðo/ A2	noun - sense, meaning, feeling
estigma /esˈtiɣma/ C1	noun - stigma, mark of disgrace
florecer /floɾeˈθeɾ/ B2	verb - to bloom, to flourish

Key Grammar Structures

• Siento el odio rompiéndome por las venas

  ➔ Gerund as a complement of perception verb

  ➔ "rompiéndome" shows a continuous action perceived by the speaker through "siento" (I feel).

• ¡Si pudiera desaparecer!

  ➔ Imperfect subjunctive expressing wish or impossibility

  ➔ "pudiera" reflects an unreal desire — 'If I could disappear'.

• Puñaladas a Dios calman mi marea

  ➔ Metaphorical subject and direct object

  ➔ "Puñaladas a Dios" (stabs to God) is the subject; "calman" governs it as an abstract metaphor for emotional relief.

• Desgarrando en la herida otra vez

  ➔ Gerund expressing simultaneous action or manner

  ➔ "Desgarrando" acts as a complement meaning 'while tearing again'.

• Secar de tus ojos la soledad

  ➔ Infinitive as the subject complement or intention

  ➔ "Secar" shows the aim to 'dry loneliness from your eyes'.

• El veneno en tu sangre es como la hiedra

  ➔ Simile using 'como'

  ➔ "es como la hiedra" compares poison with ivy, indicating spreading corruption.

• Es cobarde, capaz de lanzar la piedra

  ➔ Adjective with infinitive construction expressing capability

  ➔ "capaz de lanzar" means 'capable of throwing', linking moral quality and potential action.

• Si supieras que vivo para que entiendas

  ➔ Conditional with present subjunctive purpose clause

  ➔ "Si supieras" (if you knew) introduces an unreal condition, leading to a purpose clause "para que entiendas" (so that you understand).