Contra El Dragón – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Acosta
• Album: Los Sonidos De Su Espíritu

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the dramatic storytelling of Mexican Grupero music with 'Contra El Dragón.' This song is an excellent tool for language learners to practice imperative verbs and metaphorical vocabulary, all while enjoying the iconic, rhythmic style that defined Los Acosta's sound.

[English]

This is my life, it unfolds like a fairy tale

Where a princess

Bewitched me with her eyes

And when she kissed me

She promised me so many things

This is my life, and it is no fiction

That in a castle

Of bitterness, she left me

In a dungeon

A prisoner of her love

Against the dragon

Of her lies

I fought

From hand to hand

At her feet

I crumbled

Against the dragon

I stumbled upon her beauty

Even so, fighting

I never won her heart

...

This is my life, and I tasted her apple

With the poison

Of her lips

I got intoxicated

With that potion

I remained spellbound

Against the dragon

Of her lies

I fought

From hand to hand

At her feet I crumbled

Against the dragon

I stumbled upon her beauty

Even so, fighting

Her heart

I never won

...

[Spanish]

Esta es mi vida como un cuento me paso

Que una princesa

Con sus ojos me embrujo

Y al besarme

Muchas cosas prometió

Esta es mi vida y no es nada de ficción

Que en un castillo

De amargura me dejo

De un calabozo

Prisionero de su amor

Contra el dragón

De sus mentiras

Yo luche

Esta de mano

A sus pies

Me derrumbe

Contra el dragón

De su belleza tropecé

Ni así luchando

Su corazón yo conquiste

Esta es mi vida y su manzana yo probé

Con el veneno

De sus labios

Me embriague

Con esa pócima

Encantado me quede

Contra el dragón

De sus mentiras

Yo luche

Esta de mano

A sus pies me derrumbe

Contra el dragón

De su belleza tropecé

Ni así luchando

Su corazón

Yo conquiste

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vida bi-da A1	noun - life
cuento kwen-to A2	noun - story
princesa prin-se-sa A1	noun - princess
embrujo em-bru-ho B2	verb - to bewitch/cast a spell
ficción fik-sjon B1	noun - fiction
castillo kas-ti-jo A2	noun - castle
amargura a-mar-gu-ra B2	noun - bitterness
calabozo ka-la-bo-so C1	noun - dungeon
prisionero pri-sjo-ne-ro B1	noun - prisoner
dragón dra-gon A2	noun - dragon
derrumbar de-rrum-bar B2	verb - to collapse/fall
tropezar tro-pe-sar B1	verb - to stumble
conquistar kon-kis-tar B2	verb - to conquer/win over
manzana man-sa-na A1	noun - apple
veneno be-ne-no B1	noun - poison
embriagarse em-bria-gar-se C1	verb - to get drunk/intoxicated
pócima po-si-ma C2	noun - potion

Key Grammar Structures

• Esta es mi vida como un cuento me pasó

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage

  ➔ The verb "pasarse" is used here to describe an experience that happens to oneself.

• Con sus ojos me embrujó

  ➔ Preterite tense for completed actions

  ➔ The verb "embrujó" (from embrujar) is in the 3rd person singular preterite, indicating a specific past action.

• En un castillo de amargura me dejó

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun

  ➔ The "me" functions as the direct object pronoun receiving the action of the verb "dejó".

• Contra el dragón de sus mentiras yo luché

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "Contra el dragón" is a prepositional phrase indicating opposition.

• A sus pies me derrumbé

  ➔ Pronominal verb (derrumbarse)

  ➔ "Derrumbarse" is used here to mean "to collapse" or "to break down".

• Su manzana yo probé

  ➔ Inverted word order (Hyperbaton)

  ➔ The object "su manzana" is placed before the subject "yo" for poetic emphasis.

• Con el veneno de sus labios me embriagué

  ➔ Past tense of -gar verbs

  ➔ The verb "embriagué" (from embriagarse) changes g to gu to maintain the hard 'g' sound.

• Ni así luchando, su corazón yo conquisté

  ➔ Gerund usage in a concessive structure

  ➔ "Luchando" (gerund) is used here to describe an action occurring despite the effort.