Culpa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Javiera Mena

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic journey, and Javiera Mena's "Culpa" offers a vibrant entry point into Spanish. The song's clear and repetitive chorus, with its central theme of escaping "culpa" (guilt), provides an excellent opportunity to grasp key vocabulary and pronunciation. What makes "Culpa" special is its blend of philosophical ideas with an infectious dance beat, allowing you to learn about nuanced concepts while being immersed in the energy of contemporary Spanish pop.

[English]

It's five o'clock

Time has no end

A hidden force

Guides us with the music

It's the exact hour

Let's run away from here

Take my hand

And surrender to my will

And let life

Set us free

From this cursed guilt

Far from good and evil

Far from good

...

Divinations

Come to you at dawn

Your best days

Inside my body

Your truth must be felt

Beyond good and evil

Let's escape, we want to

Surrender to my will

And let life

Set us free

From this cursed guilt

Far from good and evil

My love

Let's escape

From this cursed guilt

Far from good and evil

Far from evil

...

Far from good, uh-uh

Far from evil, uh-uh

Far from good, oh-oh-oh

...

Far from evil

...

Far from good

...

[Spanish]

Es la hora cinco

El tiempo no tiene fin

Una fuerza oculta

Nos lleva con la música

Es la hora exacta

Escapémonos de acá

Agarra mi mano

Y entrégate a mi voluntad

Y que la vida

Nos libere

De la maldita culpa

Lejos del bien y lejos del mal

Lejos del bien

Adivinaciones

Te llegan al amanecer

Tus mejores días

Adentro de mi cuerpo

Tu verdad debe sentir

Más allá del bien y el mal

Escapemos, queremos

Entrégate a mi voluntad

Y que la vida

Nos libere

De la maldita culpa

Lejos del bien y lejos del mal

Vida mía

Escapemos

De la maldita culpa

Lejos del bien y lejos del mal

Lejos del mal

Lejos del bien, tu-uh-uh

Lejos del mal, tu-uh-uh

Lejos del bien, oh-oh-oh

Lejos del mal

Lejos del bien

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hora /ˈo.ɾa/ A1	noun - hour
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A1	noun - time
fuerza /ˈfweɾθa/ B1	noun - force
música /ˈmusika/ A1	noun - music
vida /ˈβi.ða/ A1	noun - life
culpa /ˈkul.pa/ B2	noun - guilt
escapar /es.kaˈpaɾ/ B1	verb - to escape
entregar /en.tɾeˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to deliver
verdad /beɾˈðad/ B1	noun - truth
mejor /meˈxoɾ/ A2	adjective - better
lejos /ˈlexos/ A2	adverb - far
mal /mal/ A2	adjective - bad
cuerpo /ˈkweɾ.po/ B1	noun - body
exacto /ekˈsak.to/ B2	adjective - exact
aquí /aˈki/ A1	adverb - here

Key Grammar Structures

• Es la hora cinco

  ➔ It is five o'clock

  ➔ The sentence uses **'ser'** to indicate time, which is common in Spanish for telling the hour.

• El tiempo no tiene fin

  ➔ Time has no end

  ➔ Uses **'tener'** in the present tense to express possession or existence of a quality.

• Nos lleva con la música

  ➔ It leads us with the music

  ➔ Uses **'llevar'** in the present tense with indirect object pronoun 'nos' and preposition 'con' to indicate leading or guiding with something.

• Y entrégate a mi voluntad

  ➔ And surrender to my will

  ➔ Uses the reflexive verb **'entregarse'** in imperative form (tú) with preposition **'a'** to express surrender or submission.

• De la maldita culpa

  ➔ Of the cursed guilt

  ➔ Uses the preposition **'de'** to indicate origin or possession of the noun phrase **'la maldita culpa'**.

• Lejos del bien y lejos del mal

  ➔ Far from good and far from evil

  ➔ Uses **'lejos de'** as a prepositional phrase to express distance or separation from a concept.

• Lejos del bien

  ➔ Far from good

  ➔ Constructed with **'lejos de'** to specify distance or separation from 'buen' (good).