El Que Quiera Entender Que Entienda – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mägo de Oz
• Album: Finisterra

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the Spanish language and the world of Latin rock with Mägo de Oz’s powerful and provocative track. The song's clear, passionate lyrics offer an excellent opportunity to learn Spanish vocabulary related to civil rights, self-acceptance, and defiance, set against a backdrop of unique Folk and Heavy Metal fusion featuring Celtic instruments and baroque flair. It's a culturally significant piece that makes a bold statement on universal themes.

[English]

How long must I wait

To finally be able to find

The other half of me

Who will accompany me through life?

I swam for a time in a sea

Of appearances, and I drowned love

You can't hide

The scent of a flower

How hard it is for me to survive

How hard to smile

Without being able to take off the mask

That makes me look so normal

And I will come looking for you again

There, wherever you are

I just want to love you

And to be able to have

Someone to lean on

Someone to pour my heart into

All the love that was cut off by what they'd say

No more fear of giving

My lips without looking first

No more fear to caress

Our bodies and to dream

And to hell with

The closet and the couch

And if we have to fight

Fighting is educating...

That in matters of the heart

There are no rules for two

That we are different, we are the same

No more ghettos, raise your voice...

And I will come looking for you again

There, wherever you are

I just want to love you

And to be able to have

Someone to lean on

Someone to pour my heart into

All the love that was cut off by what they'd say...

And when the end arrives

The autumn of our love

I'll wait for you; meanwhile, live

And fight to have...

The right to choose

With which head you share your pillow

Proud to be who you are

And not who you should be...

How hard it is for me to survive

How hard to smile

Without being able to take off the mask

That makes me look so normal...

And I will come looking for you again

There, wherever you are

I just want to love you

And to be able to have

Someone to lean on

Someone to pour my heart into

All the love that was cut off by what they'd say

And I will come looking for you again

There, wherever you are

I just want to love you

And to be able to have

Someone to lean on

Someone to pour my heart into

All the love that was cut off by what they'd say

And I will come looking for you again

There, wherever you are

I just want to love you

And to be able to have

Someone to lean on

Someone to pour my heart into

All the love that was cut off by what they'd say

...

[Spanish]

¿Cuánto he de esperar

Para al fin poder hallar

La otra mitad de mí

Que me acompañe a vivir?

Nadé tiempo en un mar

De apariencia, y ahogué el amor

No se puede ocultar

El perfume de una flor

Cuanto me cuesta sobrevivir

Cuanto sonreír

Sin poder quitarme el antifaz

Que me disfraza de normal

Y volveré a buscarte

Allí hasta donde estés

Tan sólo quiero amarte

Y poder tener

Alguien en que apoyarme

Alguien en quien volcar

Todo el amor que cercenó el qué dirán

No más miedo a entregar

Mis labios sin antes mirar

No más miedo a acariciar

Nuestros cuerpos y soñar

Y a la mierda con

El armario y el diván

Y si hay que luchar

Luchar es educar...

Que en asuntos del corazón

No hay reglas de dos

Que somos distintos, somos iguales

No más guetos, alza la voz...

Y volveré a buscarte

Allí hasta donde estés

Tan sólo quiero amarte

Y poder tener

Alguien en que apoyarme

Alguien en quien volcar

Todo el amor que cercenó el qué dirán...

Y cuando llegue el final

El otoño de nuestro amor

Yo te esperaré, mientras, vive

Y lucha por tener...

Derecho a elegir

Con qué cabeza tu almohada compartir

Orgulloso de ser quien eres

Y no como deberías ser...

Cuanto me cuesta sobrevivir

Cuanto sonreír

Sin poder quitarme el antifaz

Que me disfraza de normal...

Y volveré a buscarte

Allí hasta donde estés

Tan sólo quiero amarte

Y poder tener

Alguien en que apoyarme

Alguien en quien volcar

Todo el amor que cercenó el qué dirán

Y volveré a buscarte

Allí hasta donde estés

Tan sólo quiero amarte

Y poder tener

Alguien en que apoyarme

Alguien en quien volcar

Todo el amor que cercenó el qué dirán

Y volveré a buscarte

Allí hasta donde estés

Tan sólo quiero amarte

Y poder tener

Alguien en que apoyarme

Alguien en quien volcar

Todo el amor que cercenó el qué dirán

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
buscarte /busˈkaɾte/ A2	verb - to search for you
amarte /aˈmaɾte/ A2	verb - to love you
apoyarme /apoˈʝarme/ B1	verb - to lean on
volcar /bolˈkaɾ/ B2	verb - to pour out
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
luchar /luˈtʃaɾ/ A2	verb - to fight
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
orgulloso /oɾɣuˈʎoso/ B1	adjective - proud
antifaz /anˈti.faθ/ C1	noun - mask
cercenó /θerθeˈno/ C1	verb - cut off
sobrevivir /soβɾeβiˈβiɾ/ B1	verb - to survive
normal /norˈmal/ A1	adjective - normal
elegir /eleˈxiɾ/ A2	verb - to choose
guetos /ˈɣetos/ B2	noun - ghettos
disfraza /disˈfɾaθa/ B2	verb - disguises

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:¿Cuánto he de esperar para al fin poder hallar la otra mitad de mí?]

  ➔ Periphrastic future / obligation with 'haber de + infinitive'.

  ➔ The phrase 'he de esperar' means 'I must wait' or 'I have to wait', reflecting mild obligation or expectation.

• [translate:Nadé tiempo en un mar de apariencia, y ahogué el amor]

  ➔ Preterite tense expressing completed past actions.

  ➔ The verbs 'nadé' and 'ahogué' show that both actions (swam, drowned) are completed in the past.

• [translate:No se puede ocultar el perfume de una flor]

  ➔ Impersonal construction with 'se' for general statements.

  ➔ The expression 'no se puede ocultar' means 'it cannot be hidden', applying generally without a specific subject.

• [translate:Que me disfraza de normal]

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by 'que' referring to 'el antifaz'.

  ➔ Here 'que me disfraza de normal' defines or explains 'el antifaz', meaning 'the mask that disguises me as normal'.

• [translate:Tan sólo quiero amarte y poder tener alguien en que apoyarme]

  ➔ Subjunctive-style relative clause with preposition 'en que'.

  ➔ 'alguien en que apoyarme' means 'someone to lean on'; 'en que' connects the verb 'apoyarse' (to lean on) with its object.

• [translate:Y a la mierda con el armario y el diván]

  ➔ Colloquial exclamation with 'a la mierda con' expressing rejection or dismissal.

  ➔ This phrase rejects social norms (“el armario” = the closet) metaphorically meaning rejecting concealment.

• [translate:Y si hay que luchar, luchar es educar]

  ➔ Impersonal 'hay que + infinitive' expressing necessity or obligation.

  ➔ 'hay que luchar' means 'one must fight' or 'it is necessary to fight', not referring to a specific person.

• [translate:Que somos distintos, somos iguales]

  ➔ Contrastive use of 'que' to emphasize a statement, meaning 'even though' or 'since'.

  ➔ Used here for emotional emphasis: 'Though we are different, we are equal.'

• [translate:Orgulloso de ser quien eres]

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'quien' introducing a clause referring to a person (‘who you are’).

  ➔ The phrase 'ser quien eres' literally means 'to be who you are', reinforcing authenticity.