Culpable o No (Miénteme Como Siempre) – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Luis Miguel
• Album: Busca Una Mujer

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passion of Spanish with "Culpable o No," a heartbreaking Latin Pop classic by Luis Miguel. This song is perfect for learning emotional, high-impact vocabulary related to love, betrayal, and pleading, and offers a masterclass in expressing deep vulnerability and pain in Spanish. Its dramatic, clear delivery makes the powerful lyrics easy to follow.

[English]

Right now, just as you've gone away

I've heard you've been cheating on me

Why suddenly do you have so many enemies?

Why do I have to keep excusing you?

If they are lying, please defend yourself

I know you won't, because they tell the truth

It's a shame, you'll always keep hurting me

And, guilty or not, what can I do now?

Lie to me, like always

Please, lie to me

I need to believe you

Convince me

Lie to me with a kiss

Make it seem like love

I need to love you

Guilty or not

...

I no longer have the right to blame you for anything

Since nothing remains of you, of me, of yesterday

What a shame! Our story could have been fantastic

And now tell me, my love, who will defend you?

Lie to me, like always

Please, lie to me

I need to believe you

Convince me

Lie to me with a kiss

Make it seem like love

I need to love you

Guilty or not

Uoh-oh-oh, uoh-oh

...

Lie to me, like always

Please, lie to me

I need to believe you

Convince me

Lie to me with a kiss

Make it seem like love

I need to love you

Guilty or not

Uoh-oh, oh

...

[Spanish]

Precisamente ahora que tú ya te has ido

Me han dicho que has estado engañándome

¿Por qué de pronto tienes tantos enemigos?

¿Por qué tengo que andar disculpándote?

Si ellos están mintiendo, por favor, defiéndete

Yo sé que no lo harás, pues dicen la verdad

Es una pena, siempre seguirás doliéndome

Y, culpable o no, ¿qué le puedo hacer ya?

Miénteme, como siempre

Por favor, miénteme

Necesito creerte

Convénceme

Miénteme con un beso

Que parezca de amor

Necesito quererte

Culpable o no

No tengo ya derecho a reprocharte nada

Pues nada queda ya de ti, de mí, de ayer

¡Qué pena!, nuestra historia pudo ser fantástica

Y ahora dime, mi amor, ¿quién te va a defender?

Miénteme, como siempre

Por favor, miénteme

Necesito creerte

Convénceme

Miénteme con un beso

Que parezca de amor

Necesito quererte

Culpable o no

Uoh-oh-oh, uoh-oh

Miénteme, como siempre

Por favor, miénteme

Necesito creerte

Convénceme

Miénteme con un beso

Que parezca de amor

Necesito quererte

Culpable o no

Uoh-oh, oh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
culpable /kulˈpa.βle/ B2	adjective - guilty or responsible for a fault
miénteme /miˈente.me/ B2	verb - lie to me (imperative form of 'mentir')
necesito /neθeˈsito/ A2	verb - I need (first person singular of 'necesitar')
creerte /kɾeˈeɾte/ B1	verb - to believe you (infinitive with pronoun suffix)
convénceme /konˈβenseme/ B2	verb - convince me (imperative form of 'convencer')
beso /ˈbeso/ A2	noun - kiss
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
enemigos /eneˈmiɣos/ B1	noun - enemies
historia /isˈtoɾja/ B1	noun - story or history
defender /defenˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to defend
doliéndome /doˈljenˌdome/ B2	verb - hurting me (gerund of 'doler')
pena /ˈpena/ B1	noun - shame or pity
reprocharte /reproˈtʃaɾte/ B2	verb - to reproach you or blame you
fantástica /fanˈtas.tika/ B2	adjective - fantastic, wonderful
verdad /beɾˈdað/ A2	noun - truth
diciendo /diˈθjen.do/ A2	verb - saying (gerund of 'decir')

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:Precisamente ahora que tú ya te has ido]

  ➔ Present perfect tense (pretérito perfecto compuesto).

  ➔ "te has ido" uses 'haber' + past participle to describe an action completed recently with present relevance.

• [translate:Me han dicho que has estado engañándome]

  ➔ Reported speech with present perfect continuous.

  ➔ "has estado engañándome" highlights an action that started in the past and continues up to now.

• [translate:Si ellos están mintiendo, por favor, defiéndete]

  ➔ Conditional clause with present indicative + imperative.

  ➔ The phrase "Si ellos están mintiendo" expresses a real condition; "defiéndete" gives an order depending on that condition.

• [translate:Yo sé que no lo harás]

  ➔ Future tense with object pronoun.

  ➔ "lo harás" means 'you will do it'; 'lo' replaces a previously mentioned idea or action.

• [translate:Y, culpable o no, ¿qué le puedo hacer ya?]

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive expressing inability.

  ➔ "¿qué le puedo hacer ya?" means 'what can I do about it now?', expressing resignation or helplessness.

• [translate:Miénteme, como siempre]

  ➔ Imperative form of verb.

  ➔ "Miénteme" (lie to me) is the imperative of 'mentir' (to lie), expressing a direct command or emotional plea.

• [translate:Necesito creerte]

  ➔ Verb + infinitive construction for expressing necessity or desire.

  ➔ "Necesito creerte" literally means 'I need to believe you,' where 'creerte' acts as the object of 'necesito'.

• [translate:Que parezca de amor]

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'que' expressing wish or purpose.

  ➔ The verb "parezca" (subjunctive of 'parecer') expresses a wish or intention: 'so that it may look like love.'

• [translate:Pues nada queda ya de ti, de mí, de ayer]

  ➔ Negative construction with emphatic 'nada'.

  ➔ "Nada queda" means 'nothing remains,' emphasizing total absence or loss.

• [translate:Y ahora dime, mi amor, ¿quién te va a defender?]

  ➔ Future action expressed with 'ir a + infinitive'.

  ➔ "te va a defender" indicates a future action (will defend you) but with emotional immediacy or certainty.