Dulce Locura – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La Oreja de Van Gogh

Lyrics & Translation

Experience the poignant narrative of "Dulce Locura" by La Oreja de Van Gogh. This song offers a window into the complexities of love and loss, allowing listeners to connect with universal emotions and the power of memory through its poetic lyrics and emotive melody.

[English]

Selling off my stash of memories

From the most beautiful story I've ever heard in my life

Selling the script of the saddest movie

And the most beautiful I've ever seen in my life

Selling the chords, the shining melody

And the lyrics I'll compose in my life

Selling even the poster announcing

The premiere of the moment I'll live in my life

I understand you left

And now I serve my punishment

But don't ask me to want to keep living

...

Without your moon

Without your sun, without your sweet madness

I become small and fragile

The night dreams of you and mocks you

I try to hold you close and you disappear

...

Selling a worn-out camera

That captured the gaze I'll record in my life

Selling two expired tickets

That were for the second row I'll break in my life

Selling two reserved seats from centuries ago

And now I realize I sat there in my life

Selling even the poster announcing

The premiere of the moment I'll live in my life

I understand you left

And now I serve my punishment

But don't ask me to want to keep living

...

Without your moon

Without your sun, without your sweet madness

I become small and fragile

The night dreams of you and mocks you

I try to hold you

Without your moon

Without your sun, without your sweet madness

Crying like a rainy day

My soul takes off and searches for you

On a journey it will never return from

Every night I will climb up to find

...

Your moon on my rooftop

The memory of a hug

That makes me shiver

...

Without your moon

Without your sun, without your sweet madness

I become small and fragile

The night dreams of you and mocks you

I try to hold you close

Without your moon

Without your sun, without your sweet madness

Crying like a rainy day

My soul takes off and searches for you

On a journey from which it will never come back

...

[Spanish]

Vendo el inventario de recuerdos

De la historia más bonita que en la vida escuché

Vendo el guión de la película más triste

Y la más bella que en la vida pude ver

Vendo los acordes, la brillante melodía

Y la letra que en la vida compondré

Vendo hasta el cartel donde se anuncia

El estreno del momento que en la vida viviré

Entiendo que te fueras

Y ahora pago mi condena

Pero no me pidas que quiera vivir

Sin tu luna

Sin tu sol, sin tu dulce locura

Me vuelvo pequeña y menuda

La noche te sueña y se burla

Te intento abrazar y te esfumas

Vendo una cámara gastada

Que captaba la mirada que en la vida grabaré

Vendo dos entradas caducadas

Que eran de segunda fila que en la vida romperé

Vendo dos butacas reservadas hace siglos

Y ahora caigo que en la vida me senté

Vendo hasta el cartel donde se anuncia

El estreno del momento que en la vida viviré

Entiendo que te fueras

Y ahora pago mi condena

Pero no me pidas que quiera vivir

Sin tu luna

Sin tu sol, sin tu dulce locura

Me vuelvo pequeña y menuda

La noche te sueña y se burla

Te intento abrazar

Sin tu luna

Sin tu sol, sin tu dulce locura

Llorando como un día de lluvia

Mi alma despega y te busca

En un viaje del que no vuelve nunca

Subiré cada noche a buscar

A tu luna en mi tejado

El recuerdo de un abrazo

Que me hace tiritar

Sin tu luna

Sin tu sol, sin tu dulce locura

Me vuelvo pequeña y menuda

La noche te sueña y se burla

Te intento abrazar

Sin tu luna

Sin tu sol, sin tu dulce locura

Llorando como un día de lluvia

Mi alma despega y te busca

En un viaje del que nunca volverá

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
recuerdo /reˈkweɾðo/ B1	noun - memory
historia /isˈto.ɾja/ B2	noun - history, story
película /peˈli.ku.la/ B1	noun - movie, film
acordes /aˈkoɾ.ðes/ B2	noun - chords (musical) or agreements
melodía /me.loˈðí.a/ B2	noun - melody
letra /ˈle.ɣɾa/ A2	noun - lyrics, letter
cartel /karˈtel/ B1	noun - poster, billboard
estreno /esˈtre.no/ B2	noun - premiere, debut
vender /benˈdeɾ/ A2	verb - to sell
pagar /paˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to pay
morir /moˈɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to die
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
luna /ˈlu.na/ A1	noun - moon
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
locura /loˈku.ɾa/ B2	noun - madness, madnessness

Key Grammar Structures

• Vendo el inventario de recuerdos

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'vender' (to sell) in the first person singular.

  ➔ This line uses the **present tense** to express a current or ongoing action of selling inventory.

• Entiendo que te fueras

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in the past tense ('fueras') expressing doubt or hypothetical situation.

  ➔ This line employs the **subjunctive mood** in the past tense to convey doubt or uncertainty about the situation.

• Me vuelvo pequeña y menuda

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'vuelvo' in the present tense indicating change or transformation.

  ➔ This line uses a **reflexive verb** to describe a personal transformation or change in state.

• Llorando como un día de lluvia

  ➔ Present participle used as a metaphor to describe continuous crying.

  ➔ This line employs the **present participle** 'llorando' as a metaphor to depict ongoing emotion, similar to rain.

• Mi alma despega y te busca

  ➔ Present tense of 'despegar' (to detach) used metaphorically to signify emotional separation.

  ➔ This line employs the **present tense** of 'despegar' metaphorically to describe the soul separating or reaching out.