Contra el dragón – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Acosta

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of Mexican Grupero music with 'Contra el dragón.' By listening to this song, you can learn expressive Spanish vocabulary related to emotions, struggle, and metaphorical storytelling, making it a perfect track to understand how passion and metaphor intertwine in Latin music.

[English]

This is my life, it happened to me like a fairy tale

That a princess

Enchanted me with her eyes

And when she kissed me

She promised me so many things

This is my life, and it isn't fiction at all

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 collapsed

Against the dragon

I stumbled upon her beauty

Yet even 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 collapsed

Against the dragon

I stumbled upon her beauty

Yet even fighting

Her heart

I finally won

[Spanish]

Esta es mi vida como un cuento me pasó

Que una princesa

Con sus ojos me embrujó

Y al besarme

Muchas cosas prometió

Esta es mi vida y no es nada de ficción

Que en un castillo

De amargura me dejó

En un calabozo

Prisionero de su amor

Contra el dragón

De sus mentiras

Yo luché

Esta de mano

A sus pies

Me derrumbé

Contra el dragón

De su belleza tropecé

Ni así luchando

Su corazón yo conquisté

Esta es mi vida y su manzana yo probé

Con el veneno

De sus labios

Me embriagué

Con esa pócima

Encantado me quedé

Contra el dragón

De sus mentiras

Yo luché

Esta de mano

A sus pies me derrumbé

Contra el dragón

De su belleza tropecé

Ni así luchando

Su corazón

Yo conquisté

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cuento kwento A2	noun - story or fairy tale
princesa prinsesa A1	noun - princess
embrujó embruho B2	verb - to bewitch or enchant
ficción fiksion B1	noun - fiction
castillo kastijo A2	noun - castle
amargura amargura B2	noun - bitterness
calabozo kalaboso C1	noun - dungeon
prisionero pɾisioneɾo B1	noun/adj - prisoner
dragón ðɾaɣon B1	noun - dragon
mentiras mentiras A2	noun - lies
luché lutʃe A2	verb - I fought
derrumbe derumbe B2	verb - I collapsed / fell down
tropecé tropese B1	verb - I stumbled
conquisté konkiste B2	verb - I conquered
veneno beneno B1	noun - poison

Key Grammar Structures

• Esta es mi vida como un cuento me pasó

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Pasó)

  ➔ The verb "pasó" is the third-person singular of the preterite tense, used to describe a completed action in the past.

• Con sus ojos me embrujó

  ➔ Pronominal use with direct object pronoun (me)

  ➔ The pronoun "me" indicates who receives the action of the verb "embrujó".

• En un calabozo / Prisionero de su amor

  ➔ Predicate Noun Phrase

  ➔ The phrase "prisionero de su amor" describes the state of the subject, functioning as a noun attribute.

• Contra el dragón / De sus mentiras / Yo luché

  ➔ Prepositional phrase + Subject pronoun placement

  ➔ In Spanish, the subject pronoun "Yo" is often placed before the verb for emphasis or stylistic flow.

• Ni así luchando / Su corazón yo conquisté

  ➔ Gerund (Luchando)

  ➔ The gerund "luchando" expresses the mode or manner in which the action was performed.

• Esta es mi vida y su manzana yo probé

  ➔ Possessive Adjective (Su)

  ➔ "Su" indicates possession, which can mean 'her', 'his', 'its', or 'their' depending on context.

• Con el veneno / De sus labios / Me embriagué

  ➔ Reflexive Verb (Embriagarse)

  ➔ The verb "embriagarse" is reflexive here, indicating that the speaker became intoxicated by the poison.

• Encantado me quedé

  ➔ Verb 'Quedar' with an adjective complement

  ➔ When using "quedar" + adjective, it implies a result or state of being after an action.