Como Una Loba – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Valeria Lynch

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Una loba, caminando mal herida

A she-wolf, walking badly wounded

Tratando de ubicarse en la región

Trying to find her way in the region

Traicionada por su olfato a la deriva

Betrayed by her unsteady nose

Así me siento yo, si me falta tu amor

That's how I feel, if I lack your love

Así me siento yo, sin tener tus caricias

That's how I feel, without your caresses

Así me siento yo, en celo todo el día

That's how I feel, aroused all day long

Recorriendo las calles, que recorrí contigo

Walking the streets, I once walked with you

Buscando en otros hombres

Searching in other men

Descubrir tu sonrisa

To discover your smile

Como una loba

Like a she-wolf

Aullo por las noches, encendida

Howling at night, alive

Para que sepas

So you know

Que sigo estando sola en mi guarida

That I’m still alone in my den

Y si mañana

And if tomorrow

Volvemos a encontrarnos por la vida

We meet again in life

Finjamos que acabamos

Let’s pretend we just met

Recién de conocernos

Steal me a kiss

Róbame un beso

And take me with you, quickly

Y llévame contigo muy de prisa

Where you know

Donde tú sabes

That I’ll fall into your arms, seduced

Que yo caeré en tus brazos, seducida

Don’t even ask

Ni me preguntes

Take what’s yours, without measure

Y toma lo que es tuyo, sin medida

Because hungry for your body

Que hambrienta de tu cuerpo

Loving, I would die

Amando, moriría

A she-wolf, that’s how I feel

Una loba, así me siento yo

That’s how I feel, an aggressive she-wolf

Así me siento yo, una loba agresiva

Smelling dry firewood, covered in dew

Oliendo a leña seca, cubierta de rocío

Biting myself

Mordiéndome yo misma

Thinking of your caresses

Pensando en tus caricias

Because the full moon

Porque la luna llena

Calls out to you on my skin

En mi piel te llama a gritos

Like a she-wolf

Como una loba

Howling at night, alive

Aullo por las noches, encendida

So you know

Para que sepas

That I’m still alone in my den

Que sigo estando sola en mi guarida

And if tomorrow

Y si mañana

We meet again in life

Volvemos a encontrarnos por la vida

Let’s pretend we just met

Finjamos que acabamos recién de conocernos

Steal me a kiss

Róbame un beso

And take me with you, quickly

Y llévame contigo, muy de prisa

Where you know

Donde tú sabes

That I’ll fall into your arms, seduced

Que yo caeré en tus brazos, seducida

Don’t even ask

Ni me preguntes

Take what’s yours, without measure

Y toma lo que es tuyo, sin medida

Because hungry for your body

Que hambrienta de tu cuerpo

Loving, I would die

Amando, moriría

A she-wolf, that’s how I feel

Una loba, así me siento yo

Like a she-wolf

Como una loba

Like a she-wolf

Como una loba

Like a she-wolf

Como una loba

Like a she-wolf

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caminando /kamiˈnando/ B1	verb - walking
herida /eˈɾiða/ B2	noun - wound
ubicarse /uβiˈkaɾse/ B2	verb - to position oneself
traicionada /tɾaiθioˈnaða/ C1	adjective - betrayed
olfato /olˈfaðo/ B2	noun - sense of smell
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
caricias /kaˈɾisi.as/ B1	noun - caresses, gentle touches
celo /ˈθe.lo/ B2	noun - jealousy
recorrer /ɾekoˈɾeɾ/ B2	verb - to go around, to travel through
buscando /busˈkando/ B1	verb - searching
descubrir /deskuˈβɾiɾ/ B2	verb - to discover
sonrisa /sɔˈnɾisa/ A2	noun - smile
encendida /enθenˈðida/ B2	adjective - lit, ignited, turned on
sólo /ˈso.lo/ A2	adjective - only, alone
guarida /ɡwaˈɾi.ða/ B2	noun - den, hiding place
mañana /maˈɲana/ A2	noun - tomorrow
encontrarnos /en.konˈtɾaɾ.nos/ B2	verb - to meet each other
finjamos /finˈxa.mos/ C1	verb - let's pretend
acabamos /aˈkaβamos/ C1	verb - we finish, we end
conocernos /ko.noˈθeɾ.nos/ C1	verb - to get to know each other
robare /ˈro.βa.ɾe/ B2	verb - to steal
beso /ˈbɛ.so/ A1
caeré /kaˈɾe/ B2	verb - will fall
seducida /seduˈsiða/ C1	adjective - seduced
preguntes /pɾeɣunˈtes/ B2	verb - to ask
toma /ˈto.ma/ A2	verb - take
medida /meˈði.ða/ B2	noun - measure, limit
hambrienta /amˈbɾjen.ta/ C1	adjective - hungry
moriría /mo.ɾiˈɾi.a/ B2	verb - would die

Key Grammar Structures

• Una loba, caminando mal herida

  ➔ Gerund phrase ('caminando mal herida') functioning as an adverbial modifier.

  ➔ The gerund phrase "caminando mal herida" describes how the wolf is. It shows the manner in which she is moving.

• Así me siento yo, si me falta tu amor

  ➔ Conditional sentence using 'si' (if) to express a condition and its consequence. Subjunctive mood is not required here because it's a likely condition.

  ➔ "Si me falta tu amor" presents the condition (if I lack your love), and "Así me siento yo" is the consequence (this is how I feel).

• Recorriendo las calles, que recorrí contigo

  ➔ Relative clause using 'que' to specify which streets ('las calles') are being referenced. Preterite tense ('recorrí') in the relative clause.

  ➔ The phrase "que recorrí contigo" clarifies that it's not just any streets, but specifically the ones she walked with the other person.

• Aúllo por las noches, encendida

  ➔ Adverbial phrase "por las noches" indicating time. Adjective "encendida" agreeing in gender and number with the implied subject (yo = feminine singular).

  ➔ "Por las noches" explains when she howls. "Encendida" describes her state of being; she's ignited or passionate.

• Que sigo estando sola en mi guarida

  ➔ Subordinate clause introduced by 'que', functioning as the object of an implied verb of saying/knowing. The verb 'seguir' + gerund ('estando') expresses continuous action.

  ➔ The sentence implies 'para que sepas' before this clause. 'Sigo estando' translates to 'I continue to be'.

• Finjamos que acabamos recién de conocernos

  ➔ Subjunctive mood ('finjamos') after the verb 'finjir' (to pretend) expressing a hypothetical or desired action. 'Acabar de' + infinitive ('acabamos de conocernos') expresses an action that just happened.

  ➔ The use of the subjunctive 'finjamos' indicates a desire or suggestion to pretend. 'Acabamos de conocernos' means 'we have just met'.

• Que hambrienta de tu cuerpo Amando, moriría

  ➔ "Hambrienta de tu cuerpo" is an adjectival phrase modifying the implied subject 'yo'. The conditional tense 'moriría' expresses a hypothetical action in the future, dependent on a condition.

  ➔ The phrase describes her being hungry for his body, and the conditional 'moriría' implies she would die loving him if that condition is met (presumably if she has him).