Irresponsables – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Babasonicos
• Album: Infame

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the sophisticated, rebellious world of Argentine rock with "Irresponsables." This classic Babasónicos hit is a perfect way to learn Spanish through its rich vocabulary of passion, moral defiance, and urban life. The song's 'danceable' rhythm and lyrical depth about a scandalous affair make it a thrilling listen and an excellent way to grasp the poetic and often ironic language used in modern Latin rock.

[English]

We're guilty of this scandalous love

That the very fire of passion fueled

That in the stillness of the unavoidable night

We’re ashamed to still feel it

Little by little

We went crazy

And that vapor of our love

Intoxicated us with its liquor

And I blame the endless carnival

It made us confused, irresponsible

If we were the flesh of reckless intrigue

That the recklessness of rumor unleashed today

That discovered by the light of morning

Apathy and pain punished us

Little by little

We went crazy

That vapor of our love

Intoxicated us with its liquor

And I blame the endless carnival

It made us confused, irresponsible (wooh)

Little by little

We went crazy

That vapor of our love

Intoxicated us with its liquor

And I blame the endless carnival

It made us confused, irresponsible

Thank you, thank you very much

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[Spanish]

Somos culpables de este amor escandaloso

Que el fuego mismo de pasión alimentó

Que en el remanso de la noche impostergable

Nos avergüenza seguir sintiéndolo

Poco a poco

Fuimos volviéndonos locos

Y ese vapor de nuestro amor

Nos embriagó con su licor

Y culpo al carnaval interminable

Nos hizo confundir, irresponsables

Si fuimos carne de la intriga casquivana

Que la imprudencia del rumor hoy desató

Que descubiertos por la luz de la mañana

Nos castigaron la desidia y el dolor

Poco a poco

Fuimos volviéndonos locos

Ese vapor de nuestro amor

Nos embriagó con su licor

Y culpo al carnaval interminable

Nos hizo confundir, irresponsables (wooh)

Poco a poco

Fuimos volviéndonos locos

Ese vapor de nuestro amor

Nos embriagó con su licor

Y culpo al carnaval interminable

Nos hizo confundir, irresponsables

Gracias, muchas gracias

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
culpables /kulˈpaβles/ B2	adjective - guilty
escandaloso /eskandaloˈso/ B2	adjective - scandalous
alimentó /aliˈmento/ B1	verb - nourished
remanso /reˈmanso/ C1	noun - calm
avergüenza /aβeɾˈɣwenθa/ B2	verb - shames
embriagó /emβɾjaˈɣo/ C1	verb - intoxicated
licor /liˈkor/ B1	noun - liquor
irresponsables /iɾresponsaˈβles/ B2	adjective - irresponsible
intriga /inˈtɾiɣa/ C1	noun - intrigue
casquivana /kasˈkiβana/ C2	adjective - frivolous
imprudencia /impruˈdenθja/ B2	noun - imprudence
descubiertos /deskubreˈɾjos/ B1	adjective - discovered
desidia /deˈsiðja/ C1	noun - apathy
vapor /ˈβapor/ A2	noun - vapor
carnaval /kaɾnaˈβal/ A2	noun - carnival

Key Grammar Structures

• Somos culpables de este amor escandaloso

  ➔ Ser + adjective + de + noun (expression of being responsible for something)

  ➔ The phrase 'Somos culpables de' means 'We are guilty of', showing a state of responsibility or blame.

• El fuego mismo de pasión alimentó

  ➔ Use of reflexive pronoun 'mismo' for emphasis (intensifier)

  ➔ Here, 'mismo' intensifies 'fuego', meaning 'the very fire itself of passion'.

• Fuimos volviéndonos locos

  ➔ Periphrastic construction 'ir + gerundio' to express gradual process

  ➔ The phrase 'fuimos volviéndonos locos' means 'we gradually went crazy'.

• Nos avergüenza seguir sintiéndolo

  ➔ Use of infinitive after verb ‘seguir’ to show continued action

  ➔ In 'seguir sintiéndolo', the verb 'seguir' means 'to keep on', so it translates to 'we are ashamed to keep feeling it'.

• Ese vapor de nuestro amor nos embriagó con su licor

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun 'nos' used before the verb to indicate the experiencer

  ➔ The pronoun 'nos' shows 'we were intoxicated' by love’s vapor, not that 'we intoxicated someone'.

• Y culpo al carnaval interminable

  ➔ Direct object introduced by 'a' because it refers to a personified concept

  ➔ The use of 'a' before 'carnaval' personifies it, as if it were responsible like a person.

• Si fuimos carne de la intriga casquivana

  ➔ Past subjunctive-like conditional 'si fuimos' expressing hypothetical or reflective scenario

  ➔ 'Si fuimos carne de…' can be read as 'if we were victims of…', implying reflection, not pure condition.

• Nos hizo confundir, irresponsables

  ➔ Causative structure 'hacer + infinitivo' meaning 'to make someone do something'

  ➔ In 'nos hizo confundir', 'hizo' means 'made us', so the carnival caused confusion in them.