Culpable – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Junior H

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of Junior H with 'Culpable.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish through the lens of modern Corridos Tumbados, offering a rich way to practice emotive vocabulary and understand the contemporary slang and rhythmic flow of Mexican urban music.

[English]

[music]

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Oh.

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[music]

And if I hear about someone else.

If I see you, I get jealous. I know it's not

the real one, it's a prisoner. I've already gone

through that and even lost my footing. In the

[music] deep down I love you.

I try to walk your path,

but I lost your footprints. Maybe you should

keep going, I'm sorry. [music]

I don't understand why what we have is a

waste, it's because I haven't slept since

last night. [music] If I look at you, don't

expect me to behave. I like you just the way

you are

I wonder what it is you

question. If I look for you again,

[music] you forgive me. It would be different

to see you in person.

[music]

It would be different to see you in person.

[music]

If I hear about someone else, [music]

if I see you I get jealous. I know you're the

real one, it's a prisoner. I've already gone through

that and even lost my footing. Deep down

[music] I love you.

I tried to walk your path,

but I lost [music] your footprints. Maybe

you should keep going. I'm sorry.

We turned on the TV and didn't watch the

movie. [music]

That feels good, always a happy

ending. [music]

You never read a leather bag.

You were always there [music] staying

faithful. How do you feel? I don't know, but

I am [music] the guilty one.

It's just that you live here.

[music]

[music]

that photo in

that I spend the [music]

and if I hear about someone else.

If I see you, I get jealous. [music]

I know it's the real prisoner. Already

went through that and even lost my footing. In

the deep down I [music] love you.

I tried to walk your path,

but I lost your footprints. Maybe

[music] I keep going

[music]

[music]

That [music] is.

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[Spanish]

[música]

[música]

Oh.

[música]

[música]

Y si de otro me entero.

Si te veo te [música] celo. Sé que no es

el verdadero, es un prisionero. Ya pasé

por eso y hasta perdí el suelo. En el

[música] fondo te quiero.

Trata de por sendero,

pero perdí tus huellas. Quizás debes

seguir lo siento. [música]

No entiendo por qué lo nuestro es un

derroche, es que no he dormido desde

antenoche. [música] Si te miro no

esperes que me comporte. Me gustan así

como tú las del

me pregunto qué es lo que tú te

cuestionas. Si yo te busco de nuevo,

[música] me perdonas. diferente sería

verte en persona.

[música]

Diferente sería verte en persona.

[música]

Si de otro me entero, [música]

si te veo te celo. Sé que eres el

verdadero, es un prisionero. Ya pasé por

eso y hasta perdí el suelo. En el fondo

[música] te quiero.

Traté de por tu sendero,

pero perdí [música] tus huellas. Quizás

debes seguir. Lo siento.

Encendíamos la tele y no veíamos la

peli. [música]

Eso sabe rico del siempre un happy

ending. [música]

Tú nunca leiste una bolsa de piel.

Siempre estabas ahí [música] siéndome

fiel. ¿Cómo te sientes? No lo sé, pero

yo soy [música] el culpable.

Es que tú vives aquí.

[música]

[música]

esa foto en

que me gasto los [música]

y si de otro me entero.

Si te veo te celo. [música]

Sé que es el verdadero prisionero. Ya

pasé por eso y hasta perdí el suelo. En

el fondo te [música] quiero.

Traté de por tu sendero,

pero perdí tus huellas. Quizás de

[música] mi seguir lo

[música]

[música]

Eso [música] es.

[música]

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
culpable kuˈlpaβle A2	adjective - guilty
celo ˈθelo B1	noun - jealousy
prisionero pɾi.siˈo.ne.ɾo A2	noun - prisoner
sendero senˈde.ɾo B1	noun - path
huellas ˈwe.ʎas A2	noun - footprints
derroche deˈro.tʃe B1	noun - waste
antenoche an.teˈno.tʃe B2	noun - the night before last
comporte komˈpor.te B1	verb - to behave
cuestionas kwes.tjoˈnas B2	verb - you question
perdona perˈdo.na A2	verb - forgive
tele ˈte.le A1	noun - TV
peli ˈpe.li A2	noun - movie
rico ˈri.ko A1	adjective - rich
fiel ˈfjel A2	adjective - faithful
siento ˈsjen.to A2	verb - I feel

Key Grammar Structures

• Si te veo te celo.

  ➔ First conditional (Si + present, main clause present/future)

  ➔ The word "Si" introduces a condition, and the verb "veo" is in the present tense, showing a real possibility.

• Sé que no es el verdadero, es un prisionero.

  ➔ Content clause introduced by "Sé que" + present indicative

  ➔ "Sé que" means “I know that”; the verb "es" is in the present indicative, stating a fact.

• Ya pasé por eso y hasta perdí el suelo.

  ➔ "Hasta" used as intensifier with the preterite (even)

  ➔ "Hasta" before "perdí" adds the meaning of “even”, emphasizing the speaker’s loss.

• No entiendo por qué lo nuestro es un derroche.

  ➔ Interrogative noun clause "por qué" after a verb of cognition

  ➔ "por qué" introduces an indirect question meaning “why”; it follows the verb "entiendo".

• Si te miro no esperes que me comporte.

  ➔ Negative imperative + subjunctive "que + subjunctive" after "esperes"

  ➔ "No esperes" is a negative command; it is followed by "que me comporte", where "comporte" is in the subjunctive mood.

• Traté de seguir tu sendero, pero perdí tus huellas.

  ➔ "Tratar de + infinitive" to express an attempt

  ➔ "Traté" is the past tense of "tratar"; it is followed by "de" and the infinitive "seguir" to mean “I tried to follow”.

• Siempre estabas ahí, siéndome fiel.

  ➔ Gerund "siéndome" as part of a progressive passive‑like construction

  ➔ "siéndome" combines the verb "ser" (to be) with the pronoun "me" and the gerund ending "-iendo", meaning “being (loyal) to me”.

• ¿Cómo te sientes? No lo sé, pero yo soy el culpable.

  ➔ Pronoun "lo" as direct object in "No lo sé" (negated knowledge statement)

  ➔ "lo" stands for the unknown thing (what I don’t know); "No lo sé" literally means “I don’t know it”.