DEMÉTER – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Destripando la Historia

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Hola, veganos y comehierbas.

Hello, vegans and herb eaters.

Bienvenidos a Destripando la Historia, con Pascu y Rodri

Welcome to Destripando la Historia, with Pascu and Rodri.

Hoy os traemos a la diosa de la agricultura... DEMÉTER

Today we bring you the goddess of agriculture... DEMETER.

Su papá se la comió

Her dad ate her.

Su hermanito la salvó

Her little brother saved her.

Lucha contra fieros titanes, a todos derrotó.

She fights fierce titans, defeating them all.

Se reparten toda la tierra pero con ella no

They share all the land but not with her.

Diosa de la cosecha y el pan.

Goddess of the harvest and bread.

DEMÉTER

DEMETER.

Sus misterios no te piensa contar.

Her mysteries she won't tell you.

DEMÉTER

DEMETER.

Fueron a una boda

They went to a wedding.

Se enamora de su sobrino Iasión

She falls in love with her nephew Iasion.

A Zeus no le mola

Zeus doesn't like it.

Y le lanza un rayo destructor

And he strikes her with a destructive lightning bolt.

Se acuesta con ella y luego la preña.

He sleeps with her and then impregnates her.

a una hermosa niña parió

She gave birth to a beautiful girl.

La pobre Deméter

Poor Demeter.

¡Mi Perséfone!

My Persephone!

Pero Zeus la regaló

But Zeus gave her away.

¿Buscas esposa? ¡Quédate a mi hija!

Looking for a wife? Keep my daughter!

¿En serio?

Really?

¡CLARO!

OF COURSE!

Hades fue y la secuestró

Hades went and kidnapped her.

¡HIJA!

DAUGHTER!

Fue a buscarla por todas partes pero no la encontró

He searched everywhere for her but couldn't find her.

Vi a tu hermano. Se la llevaba, Zeus lo consintió.

I saw your brother. He was taking her, Zeus allowed it.

Enfadada abandona su hogar

Angry, she leaves her home.

DEMÉTER

DEMETER.

Y la tierra se empieza a secar

And the land begins to dry up.

DEMÉTER

DEMETER.

Se pone al servicio

She puts herself at the service

de un famoso rey que la aceptó

of a famous king who accepted her.

Cuida de sus hijos

She takes care of his children.

Se encariña mucho de los dos

She grows very fond of both.

A uno le hornea en la chimenea para convertirle en un dios

She bakes one in the fireplace to turn him into a god.

La pobre Deméter

Poor Demeter.

¡QUÉ HACE USTED CON MI HIJO!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MY SON!

¡UHHH! ¿Qué pasa aquí?

UHHH! What's going on here?

¡LA GENTE SE MUERE!

PEOPLE ARE DYING!

Deméter, regresa a mí.

Demeter, come back to me.

¡Que alguien la haga salir!

Someone make her come out!

¡LA GENTE SE MUERE!

PEOPLE ARE DYING!

¡No sé qué hacer sin ti!

I don't know what to do without you!

¡LA GENTE SE MUERE!

PEOPLE ARE DYING!

Suelta a mi pequeña

Let go of my little one.

Déjala volver y se acabó

Let her return and it's over.

Hades la libera

Hades releases her

con una ligera condición

with a slight condition.

Ella cada Invierno volverá a mi reino

She will return to my kingdom every winter.

Y su madre al fin se calmó

And her mother finally calmed down.

Le dejó su carro

She left her chariot

a uno de los niños que cuidó

to one of the children she cared for.

Lo llenó de grano

She filled it with grain

Y le enseña a ser agricultor

and teaches him to be a farmer.

Y con mucho empeño enseña sus misterios

And with great effort, she teaches her mysteries.

Y por toda Grecia montó fiestas a Deméter.

And throughout Greece, she held festivals for Demeter.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
diosa /ˈdjo.sa/ A2	noun - goddess
agricultura /aɡɾi.kulˈtu.ɾa/ B1	noun - agriculture
cosecha /koˈse.tʃa/ B1	noun - harvest
titanes /tiˈta.nes/ B2	noun - titans
misterios /misˈte.ɾjos/ B2	noun - mysteries
rey /rei/ A2	noun - king
hijos /ˈi.xos/ A1	noun - children
boda /ˈbo.ða/ A2	noun - wedding
rayo /ˈra.jo/ B1	noun - lightning
invierno /inˈbjeɾ.no/ A2	noun - winter
carro /ˈka.ro/ A2	noun - cart
grano /ˈɡɾa.no/ B1	noun - grain
fiesta /ˈfjesta/ A2	noun - party
hermosa /eɾˈmo.sa/ B1	adjective - beautiful
calmar /kalˈmaɾ/ B1	verb - to calm

Key Grammar Structures

• Su papá se la comió

  ➔ Use of the se pronominal verb construction, reflexive or reciprocal

  ➔ Here, "se" indicates that someone (the father) ate *her*. It is used with the 3rd person singular/plural to denote a reciprocal/reflexive action.

• Se reparten toda la tierra pero con ella no

  ➔ Use of "se" in an impersonal sentence

  ➔ "Se reparten" means "they divide". However, the subject is not specified, creating an impersonal construction. This implies a general action.

• Sus misterios no te piensa contar

  ➔ Verb "pensar" + infinitive

  ➔ "Piensa contar" functions as a verb periphrasis, meaning "plans to tell/intends to tell".

• A Zeus no le mola

  ➔ Use of "gustar"-like verbs (indirect object pronouns + verb)

  ➔ "No le mola" means "he doesn't like it". This construction uses an indirect object pronoun ("le" referring to Zeus) and the verb "molar" (to like), but the subject is "it" (unsaid).

• ¡Quédate a mi hija!

  ➔ Imperative mood with reflexive pronoun.

  ➔ "Quédate" is the imperative form of the verb "quedarse" (to stay, to remain). The reflexive pronoun "te" is attached to the end of the verb in the imperative.

• Fue a buscarla por todas partes pero no la encontró

  ➔ Preterite vs. Imperfect (Past Simple vs. Past Continuous)

  ➔ "Fue" (preterite) indicates a completed action - she *went* to search. "Encontró" (preterite) indicates a completed action: she *did not find* her. The preterite highlights the completion of these actions.

• Vi a tu hermano. Se la llevaba, Zeus lo consintió.

  ➔ Imperfect tense to describe an action in progress in the past

  ➔ "Se la llevaba" uses the imperfect tense to describe Hades was *in the process of taking* her. The imperfect tense gives a sense of ongoing action in the past.

• Que alguien la haga salir!

  ➔ Subjunctive after "que"

  ➔ After "que" expressing a wish or command, the subjunctive mood is used. Here, "haga" (subjunctive of "hacer") is used because it's a request/command that someone *make* her leave.