Estertor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Babasónicos
• Album: Infame

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the intense, poetic language of Babasónicos with "Estertor." This deep-cut rock track provides a perfect study in elevated, literary Spanish by contrasting high-stakes words like "estertor" (death rattle) and "miseria" (misery) with simple, tender phrases like "acurruquémonos, mi amor" (let's cuddle up, my love). Learners can explore vocabulary related to despair and intimacy while appreciating the band’s signature blend of art-rock and pop sensibility.

[English]

Let's forget everything all at once

So, let's make a deal

That we can keep

Here, at least for a while

...

Let's cuddle, my love

Everything explodes around us

Poverty and its death throes kill us

Let's cuddle, my love

Let's crush the resentment

That only the past remains

Let's forget everything all at once

So, let's make a deal

That we can keep

...

Here, at least for a while

...

Let's cuddle, my love

Everything explodes around us

Poverty and its death throes kill us

Let's cuddle, my love

Let's crush the resentment

That only the past remains

And now

Everything was reduced to ashes

Not a single clue remains

Of what it was

There is no more

...

Let's cuddle, my love

Everything explodes around us

Poverty and its death throes kill us

Let's cuddle, my love

Let's crush the resentment

That only the past remains

Let's forget everything all at once

...

[Spanish]

Olvidemos todo de una vez

Así, hagamos un trato

Que podamos sostener

Aquí, al menos un rato

Acurruquémonos, mi amor

Todo estalla en derredor

La miseria y su estertor nos mata

Acurruquémonos, mi amor

Fulminemos el rencor

Que sólo sobrevive del pasado

Olvidemos todo de una vez

Así, hagamos un trato

Que podamos sostener

Aquí, al menos un rato

Acurruquémonos, mi amor

Todo estalla en derredor

La miseria y su estertor nos mata

Acurruquémonos, mi amor

Fulminemos el rencor

Que sólo sobrevive del pasado

Y ahora

Fue todo reducido a cenizas

No queda ni una sola pista

De lo que fue

No hay más

Acurruquémonos, mi amor

Todo estalla en derredor

La miseria y su estertor nos mata

Acurruquémonos, mi amor

Fulminemos el rencor

Que sólo sobrevive del pasado

Olvidemos todo de una vez

Key Grammar Structures

• Olvidemos todo de una vez

  ➔ First person plural subjunctive (volitional form)

  ➔ The word "Olvidemos" means 'let's forget', expressing a suggestion or intent.

• Hagamos un trato

  ➔ First person plural subjunctive used as an imperative

  ➔ "Hagamos" ('let’s make') expresses a mutual command or agreement.

• Que podamos sostener

  ➔ Subordinate clause with subjunctive after 'que'

  ➔ "Podamos" is in the subjunctive to express desire or possibility ('that we can sustain').

• Todo estalla en derredor

  ➔ Present tense descriptive clause

  ➔ The verb "estalla" means 'bursts' or 'explodes', describing ongoing chaos.

• La miseria y su estertor nos mata

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement with compound subject

  ➔ Though two nouns ('la miseria' and 'su estertor'), the verb 'mata' stays singular because the idea is collective.

• Fulminemos el rencor

  ➔ Subjunctive used as exhortative form

  ➔ "Fulminemos" ('let's annihilate') expresses a strong encouragement to act together.

• Que sólo sobrevive del pasado

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by 'que'

  ➔ "Que" links the clause to 'rencor', describing it as something that 'only survives from the past'.

• Fue todo reducido a cenizas

  ➔ Passive voice in past tense

  ➔ "Fue reducido" means 'was reduced', showing the result of a past action on the subject.

• No queda ni una sola pista

  ➔ Negative structure with 'ni siquiera' idea ('not even one')

  ➔ 'Ni una sola' reinforces total negation — nothing at all remains.

• De lo que fue

  ➔ Relative construction referring to a past state ('what it was')

  ➔ "Lo que fue" literally means 'what it was', evoking nostalgia or loss of past state.