La Bikina – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Luis Miguel

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poignant world of "La Bikina" by Luis Miguel and enrich your Spanish vocabulary with vivid descriptions of emotion and character. Experience how music portrays a tale of love and loss, offering a glimpse into Mexican culture.

[English]

Solitary walks the bikina

People start to whisper

They say she’s carrying a sorrow

They say she has a pain that makes her cry

Proud, beautiful, and full of pride

She won’t let anyone comfort her

She walks showing her royal majesty

She passes by, looking at them without ever seeing

(La bikina)

She’s full of sadness and pain

(La bikina)

She doesn’t know about love

Proud, beautiful, and full of pride

She won’t let anyone comfort her

They say someone came and then left

They say she spends her nights crying for him

My mariachi!

...

(La bikina)

She’s full of sadness and pain

(La bikina)

She doesn’t know about love

Proud, beautiful, and full of pride

She won’t let anyone comfort her

They say someone came and then left

They say she spends her nights crying for him

They say she spends her nights crying for him

They say she spends her nights crying for him

...

[Spanish]

Solitaria camina la bikina

La gente se pone a murmurar

Dicen que tiene una pena

Dicen que tiene una pena que la hace llorar

Altanera, preciosa y orgullosa

No permite la quieran consolar

Pasa luciendo su real majestad

Pasa, camina, los mira sin verlos jamás

(La bikina)

Tiene pena y dolor

(La bikina)

No conoce el amor

Altanera, preciosa y orgullosa

No permite la quieran consolar

Dicen que alguien ya vino y se fue

Dicen que pasa las noches llorando por él

¡Mi mariachi!

(La bikina)

Tiene pena y dolor

(La bikina)

No conoce el amor

Altanera, preciosa y orgullosa

No permite la quieran consolar

Dicen que alguien ya vino y se fue

Dicen que pasa las noches llorando por él

Dicen que pasa las noches llorando por él

Dicen que pasa las noches llorando por él

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bikina /biˈki.na/ B2	noun - a character or figure, often representing a strong woman
pena /ˈpe.na/ B1	noun - sorrow or pain
dolor /doˈlor/ B1	noun - pain or suffering
camina /kaˈmi.na/ A2	verb - to walk
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to cry
orgullosa /oɾɣuˈʝosa/ B1	adjective - proud
preciosa /pɾeˈθjosa/ B1	adjective - precious or beautiful
majestad /ma.xesˈtað/ B2	noun - majesty or grandeur
consolar /kon.soˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to comfort or console
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
gente /ˈxen.te/ A2	noun - people
murmurar /muɾ.muˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to murmur or whisper
vino /ˈbi.no/ A2	verb - came (past tense of come)
noche /ˈno.tʃe/ A1	noun - night

Key Grammar Structures

• Solitaria camina la bikina

  ➔ Adjective placement before the noun.

  ➔ In this line, the adjective "solitaria" (lonely) describes "la bikina" (the woman).

• La gente se pone a murmurar

  ➔ Reflexive verbs.

  ➔ The verb "ponerse" (to become) is used reflexively here, indicating that the people start murmuring.

• Dicen que tiene una pena

  ➔ Indirect speech.

  ➔ The phrase "Dicen que" (They say that) introduces indirect speech about her feelings.

• No permite la quieran consolar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood.

  ➔ The phrase "la quieran consolar" (that they want to console her) uses the subjunctive mood to express a desire or wish.

• Pasa luciendo su real majestad

  ➔ Present participle.

  ➔ The phrase "luciendo" (showing) is a present participle that describes the action of passing.

• No conoce el amor

  ➔ Simple present tense.

  ➔ The phrase "No conoce" (does not know) is in the simple present tense, indicating a general truth.

• Dicen que pasa las noches llorando por él

  ➔ Present continuous tense.

  ➔ The phrase "pasa las noches llorando" (spends the nights crying) uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing action.