Abatido – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Farruko, Makaco
• Album: Abatido - Single

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "Abatido" by Farruko and Makaco, a vibrant merengue/mambo fusion that serves as a powerful anthem of faith and overcoming adversity. Learning Spanish through this song will not only expose you to rhythmic expressions of resilience but also enrich your vocabulary with powerful metaphors and declarations of self-belief, making the language come alive with its uplifting message.

[English]

Mom, give birth to the light

I'm still searching

What is my birth date, teacher

How is that?

Because nowadays there are people who think I was born yesterday

What's happening is that Judas thinks he sold Jesus Christ

and what he did was pawn him off

They didn't believe in me

They underestimated me

They turned their back on me, yeah

When I extended my hand

But there's a saying

that says God doesn't leave the righteous in disgrace

I laugh at anyone who thinks out there

that I'm downcast and without reward

But there's a saying that says

that God doesn't leave the righteous in disgrace

I laugh at anyone who thinks out there

that I'm downcast and without reward

Whatever you say, teacher

I have the power

I have the power

walking with God holding hands

They lit the candles in vain

if He's with me, who can be against me?

I have the power

walking with God holding hands

They lit the candles in vain

if He's with me, who can be against me?

I slammed the brakes, they drank it all up

The light went out, I suffer what I enjoy, the blame is yours

There won't be son for father nor father for son

imagine, there will be friends for friends

I didn't talk to God, He told me

that hypocrisy dwells in your heart

And under your bed there was a photo of mine

that your dream was to see me die

Because in your circle, you want to be the only one

that no one shines, only you

You are darkness, I am the angel of light

You holding onto Lucifer, I holding onto Jesus

Because in your circle, you want to be the only one

that no one shines, only you

You are darkness, I am the angel of light

You holding onto Lucifer, I holding onto Jesus

I have the power

walking with God holding hands

They lit the candles in vain

if He's with me, who can be against me?

I have the power

walking with God holding hands

They lit the candles in vain

if He's with me, who can be against me?

They didn't believe in me

They underestimated me

They turned their back on me, yeah

But there's a saying

that says God doesn't leave the righteous in disgrace

I laugh at anyone who thinks out there

that I'm downcast and without reward

I have the power

walking with God holding hands

They lit the candles in vain

if He's with me, who can be against me?

I have the power

walking with God holding hands

They lit the candles in vain

if He's with me, who can be against me?

[Spanish]

Mera, dale a luz

Todavía ando buscando

Cuál es mi fecha de nacimiento, maestro

¿Cómo así?

Porque hoy hay gente que piensa que uno nació ayer

Lo que pasa es que Judas cree que vendió a Jesucristo

y lo que hizo fue que lo empeñó

En mí no creyeron

Me subestimaron

Me dieron la espalda, sí

Cuando yo di la mano

Pero hay un dicho

que dice que Dios no deja a justo en vergüenza

Me río de todo aquel que por ahí piensa

que estoy abatido y sin recompensa

Pero hay un dicho que dice

que Dios no deja justo en vergüenza

Me río de todo aquel que por ahí piensa

que estoy abatido y sin recompensa

A to' lo que usted diga, maestro

Un, dos, tres

Yo tengo el mando

ando con Dios agarra'o de mano

Prendieron los velones en vano

si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

Yo tengo el mando

ando con Dios agarra'o de mano

Prendieron los velones en vano

si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

Le bajé el break, que se la bebieron

Se fue la luz, sufro lo que yo gozo, la culpa la tienes tú

No habrá hijo pa' padre ni padre pa' hijo

imagínese, habrán amigos para amigos

No te hablé con Dios, él me decía

que en tu corazón mora la hipocresía

Y abajo 'e tu cama había una foto mía

que tu sueño era ver cómo yo moría

Porque en tu entorno tú quieres ser tú

que nadie brille, que solo seas tú

Tú eres tiniebla, yo el ángel de luz

Tú agarra'o de Lucifer, yo agarra'o de Jesús

Porque en tu entorno tú quieres ser tú

que nadie brille, que solo seas tú

Tú eres tiniebla, yo el ángel de luz

Tú agarra'o de Lucifer, yo agarra'o de Jesús

Yo tengo el mando

ando con Dios agarra'o de mano

Prendieron los velones en vano

si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

Yo tengo el mando

ando con Dios agarra'o de mano

Prendieron los velones en vano

si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

En mí no creyeron

Me subestimaron

Me dieron la espalda, sí

Pero hay un dicho

que dice que Dios no deja a justo en vergüenza

Me río de todo aquel que por ahí piensa

que estoy abatido y sin recompensa

Yo tengo el mando

ando con Dios agarra'o de mano

Prendieron los velones en vano

si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

Yo tengo el mando

ando con Dios agarra'o de mano

Prendieron los velones en vano

si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nacimiento /nasisˈmjen.to/ B1	noun - birth
vendió /benˈðjo/ B2	verb - sold
dicho /ˈti.tʃo/ B1	noun - saying; proverb
recompensa /re.kɏnˈpen.sa/ B2	noun - reward
tú /tu/ A1	pronoun - you (singular)
sombra /ˈsom.bɾa/ B1	noun - shadow
luz /luθ/ A2	noun - light
mando /ˈman.do/ B2	noun - command; control
Dios /ˈdi. os/ A2	noun - God
velones /βeˈlo.nes/ B2	noun - candles
luz /luθ/ A2	noun - light
suffer /ˈsʌf.ər/ B2	verb - to experience pain or distress

Key Grammar Structures

• Todavía ando buscando

  ➔ present progressive (present continuous)

  ➔ The verb "**ando**" (from *andar*) + gerund forms the present progressive, expressing an action that is still in progress: *I am still looking*.

• porque hoy hay gente que piensa que uno nació ayer

  ➔ relative clause with que

  ➔ The phrase "gente **que piensa**" uses a relative clause to describe *people*; the verb "**piensa**" is inside the clause introduced by **que**.

• Me subestimaron

  ➔ preterite (simple past) of an -ar verb

  ➔ The verb "**subestimaron**" is the third‑person plural preterite form of *subestimar*, indicating a completed action in the past: *they underestimated me*.

• si Él está conmigo, ¿contra mí quién?

  ➔ first‑type conditional clause (if + present indicative)

  ➔ The clause starts with **si** (if) followed by the present indicative **está**; it expresses a real, possible situation: *if He is with me, who can be against me?*

• No habrá hijo pa' padre ni padre pa' hijo

  ➔ future simple negative (no + verb)

  ➔ The construction **no habrá** uses the negative particle **no** before the future form of *haber* (**habrá**), meaning *there will not be*.

• que nadie brille, que solo seas tú

  ➔ present subjunctive after que (expressing wish/negative)

  ➔ Both verbs **brille** and **seas** are in the present subjunctive, triggered by **que** to convey a negative wish: *that no one shines, that only you are*.

• Yo tengo el mando

  ➔ present simple of tener (possession)

  ➔ The verb **tengo** is the first‑person singular present of *tener*, used here to state **possession**: *I have the control*.

• ¿Cómo así?

  ➔ interrogative adverb "cómo" in a colloquial elliptical question

  ➔ The word **cómo** asks for clarification; the sentence omits the rest of the clause, typical in spoken Spanish: *How so?*