Escaleras de Metal – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Nathy Peluso
• Album: GRASA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the dramatic and vulnerable side of Nathy Peluso's Spanish with "Escaleras de Metal." This song offers an incredible chance to learn elevated, poetic Spanish phrases about love, betrayal, and power, while exposing you to a unique vocal style that blends operatic drama with contemporary Auto-Tune—a true masterclass in genre-bending lyricism and emotion.

[English]

For you I have descended into hell

Metal stairs

I ignored the danger

And you have hurt me so much

You don't play with me

You don't kill me

If for you I gave my life

Today I am the one who takes it away from you

I saw your pupils reflected on the blade of the knife

It lights me up, it lights me up, it lights me up

Your bad love

How hard it is to understand

When someone doesn’t know how to love you

How hard it is to understand

When someone doesn’t know how to love you

When someone doesn’t know how to

Love you

[Spanish]

Por ti he bajado hasta el infierno

Escaleras de metal

No hice caso del peligro

Y me has hecho tanto mal

Conmigo no se juega

A mi no se me mata

Si por ti daba la vida

Hoy yo soy quien te la arrebata

Vi tus pupilas reflejadas en la hoja del cuchillo

Me alumbra, me alumbra, me alumbra

Tu mal amor

Qué difícil es comprender

Cuando alguien no te sabe querer

Qué difícil es comprender

Cuando alguien no te sabe querer

Cuando alguien no te sabe

Querer

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
infierno /inˈfjerno/ B2	noun - hell; a place of great suffering or torment
escalera /eskaˈleɾa/ A2	noun - staircase or ladder used to go up or down
metal /meˈtal/ A2	noun - a hard, shiny material such as iron or steel
peligro /peˈliɣɾo/ B1	noun - danger or risk of harm
mal /mal/ B2	noun - evil, harm, or wrongdoing
vida /ˈβiða/ A2	noun - life; the existence of a living being
hoja /ˈoxa/ B1	noun - blade or leaf, depending on context
cuchillo /kuˈtʃiʎo/ A2	noun - knife; cutting instrument with a blade
pupila /puˈpila/ C1	noun - pupil; the dark center of the eye
comprender /komprenˈdeɾ/ A2	verb - to understand or grasp meaning
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A1	verb - to want or to love
reflejar /refleˈxaɾ/ B2	verb - to reflect, as in a mirror or light
alumbrar /alumˈbɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to illuminate or light up
dificil /diˈfisil/ A2	adjective - hard or complicated to do or understand
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love; a strong feeling of affection
matar /maˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to kill or cause death
jugar /xuˈɣaɾ/ A1	verb - to play (a game or sport)
arrebatar /areβaˈtaɾ/ C1	verb - to snatch or take away violently

Key Grammar Structures

• Por ti he bajado hasta el infierno

  ➔ Present perfect tense (he bajado)

  ➔ The phrase 'he bajado' uses the auxiliary 'haber' + past participle 'bajado' to indicate an action that happened recently or has relevance to the present.

• No hice caso del peligro

  ➔ Simple past tense (hice)

  ➔ The verb 'hice' (from 'hacer') expresses a completed past action with no present connection.

• Me has hecho tanto mal

  ➔ Present perfect tense (has hecho)

  ➔ 'Has hecho' combines 'haber' + 'hecho' to imply harm caused that still affects the speaker.

• Conmigo no se juega

  ➔ Impersonal passive construction (se juega)

  ➔ The structure 'se juega' expresses a general idea — 'people don’t play with me' — without a specific subject.

• Si por ti daba la vida

  ➔ Imperfect tense (daba)

  ➔ 'Daba' suggests a habitual or ongoing action — 'I used to give my life for you' — often used in conditional or emotional contexts.

• Hoy yo soy quien te la arrebata

  ➔ Relative clause (quien te la arrebata)

  ➔ 'Quien te la arrebata' functions as a clause identifying the person who takes it — 'the one who takes it from you'.

• Vi tus pupilas reflejadas en la hoja del cuchillo

  ➔ Past simple (vi) + past participle adjective (reflejadas)

  ➔ 'Reflejadas' agrees in gender and number with 'pupilas' and describes their state — 'reflected'.

• Qué difícil es comprender

  ➔ Exclamative structure (Qué + adjective + ser + infinitive)

  ➔ This structure expresses strong emotion: 'How difficult it is to understand'. The infinitive 'comprender' acts as the subject.