Dulce Veneno – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Dragonfly
• Album: Alma Irae

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I feel you breathing, in time with my heartbeat.

So close to the place where you lose your senses.

There’s no time, no ending; what matters is the moment.

You pretend each second, whispering eternity to me.

What will you say if you manage to know

That I do it only for pleasure.

There is no love, no illusion,

Everything is cold and this relationship…

It’s over… it won’t go on.

There was never love, sweet poison

You catch me and let me escape

Like a volcano spewing fire

It’s just a burning, passionate game

There was never love, sweet poison

You catch me and let me escape

Like a volcano spewing fire

It’s our way of loving

I was tempted to doubt, always on the edge of the abyss

Where the threshold draws me, of the strange and the different

In the contradiction between my mind and my instinct

The animal soul wins, driving me to stay alive

So what does it matter if it manages to know

That I do it only for pleasure,

There is no love, no illusion,

In this farce we both win,

It’s over… it won’t go on.

And it’s because I do it only for pleasure,

Without love, without forgiveness,

It’s just an obsession

An obsession.

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[Spanish]

Te siento respirar, al compás de mis latidos.

Tan cerca del lugar, donde pierdes los sentidos.

No hay tiempo, no hay final, lo que importa es el momento

Finges cada segundo, susurrándome lo eterno.

¿Qué dirás?, Si logras saber

Que lo hago solo por placer.

No hay amor, No hay ilusión,

Todo es frío y esta relación,...

Se acabo... no va más.

Nunca hubo amor, dulce veneno

Me atrapas y me dejas escapar

Como un volcán echando fuego

Es solo un juego ardiente y pasional

Nunca hubo amor, dulce veneno

Me atrapas y me dejas escapar

Como un volcán echando fuego

Es nuestra forma de amar

Me tentaba dudar, siempre al borde del abismo

Que me traza el umbral, de lo extraño y lo distinto

En la contradicción de mi mente con mi instinto

Vence el alma animal, que me impulsa a seguir vivo

¡Qué más da!, Si logra saber

Que lo hago solo por placer,

No hay amor, No hay ilusión,

En esta farsa ganamos los dos,

Se acabo... no va más.

Y es que lo hago solo por placer,

Sin amor, sin perdón,

Es solo una obsesión

Una obsesión.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
veneno /beˈneno/ B1	noun - poison or toxic substance
placer /plaˈθeɾ/ B2	noun - pleasure or enjoyment
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love or affection
fuego /ˈfweɣo/ A2	noun - fire or flame
volcán /bolˈkan/ B1	noun - volcano, mountain that emits lava
alma /ˈalma/ B2	noun - soul, spiritual essence
instinto /insˈtinto/ B2	noun - instinct, natural impulse
mentira /menˈtiɾa/ B1	noun - lie, false statement
farsa /ˈfaɾsa/ C1	noun - farce, deceitful or absurd situation
obsesión /obsesˈjon/ B2	noun - obsession, persistent thought or desire
sombra /ˈsombɾa/ B1	noun - shadow, dark area caused by blocking light
momento /moˈmento/ A2	noun - moment, short period of time
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart, vital organ or symbol of emotion
atrapar /atɾaˈpaɾ/ B1	verb - to catch or trap
escapar /eskaˈpaɾ/ A2	verb - to escape or get away
arder /aɾˈdeɾ/ B2	verb - to burn or be aflame
vivir /biˈβiɾ/ A1	verb - to live or be alive

Key Grammar Structures

• Te siento respirar, al compás de mis latidos.

  ➔ Use of 'te siento + infinitive' (perception verb + infinitive).

  ➔ The phrase 'te siento respirar' means 'I feel you breathing', showing that the verb 'sentir' expresses perception followed directly by an infinitive.

• No hay tiempo, no hay final, lo que importa es el momento.

  ➔ Use of 'lo que' as a relative pronoun meaning 'what/that which'.

  ➔ The phrase 'lo que importa' translates as 'what matters', showing how 'lo que' introduces a nominal clause.

• Finges cada segundo, susurrándome lo eterno.

  ➔ Use of present tense 'finges' and gerund with pronoun 'susurrándome'.

  ➔ The gerund 'susurrándome' combines 'susurrando' (whispering) + 'me' (to me), a common structure in Spanish.

• Que lo hago solo por placer.

  ➔ Use of conjunction 'que' introducing a subordinate clause.

  ➔ Here 'que' connects with the previous idea indirectly, showing reported or explanatory structure.

• No hay amor, no hay ilusión.

  ➔ Structure of 'no hay' for expressing nonexistence.

  ➔ 'No hay' means 'there is not' or 'there is no', used with singular or uncountable nouns.

• Nunca hubo amor.

  ➔ Use of preterite 'hubo' (past form of 'haber').

  ➔ 'Hubo' refers to something that existed or occurred completely in the past.

• Me atrapas y me dejas escapar.

  ➔ Use of direct object pronoun 'me' with two verbs.

  ➔ The pronoun 'me' refers to the same subject of both actions: 'You catch me and let me go.'

• Como un volcán echando fuego.

  ➔ Use of simile with 'como' + noun + gerund phrase.

  ➔ This simile compares passion to a volcano erupting, using 'como' for 'like/as'.