La Flaca – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Jarabe de Palo
• Album: La Flaca

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Spanish rock with 'La Flaca'! This song is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish, offering a natural way to encounter descriptive adjectives, evocative metaphors, and the smooth, conversational flow of Latin pop-rock.

[English]

[music]

[music]

[music]

In my life [music][singing] I've never met a woman

like the skinny one, a black coral from

Havana, a truly amazing [music]

mulata. 100 pounds [singing] of skin and

bone, 40 kg of salsa, and on her face

[music][singing] two suns that speak

without words.

That speak without words [singing][music]

without words.

[music] The skinny one sleeps by [singing] day.

She says that's how she cheats hunger, and when

night falls, she goes down to dance [singing] at the

tavern, to dance [music] and dance, and drink

and drink one beer after another, [music]

but she never gains weight.

But

[music]

she never gains weight.

[music]

For one kiss from the skinny one, I'd give anything.

For a kiss from her, even if it were only

just one. [music]

For one kiss from the skinny one, I'd give [singing]

anything. For a kiss [music]

even if it were only one.

Even if it were only [singing] one [music].

Soak my [music] white sheets, as

the song says, [singing]

remembering the [music] caresses she

gave me on the first day, and I go crazy

[singing] with the desire to sleep [music] by her

side. Because God, she's so skinny, she's

got me going crazy.

She's got me [music] going crazy. [singing]

[music]

For one kiss from the skinny one, I'd give

[singing][music] anything. For a

kiss from her, even if it were only one. For

one kiss [music] from the skinny one, I'd give

anything. For a kiss from her, even if

it were only [music][singing] one.

Even if it were only [music][singing] one.

Even if it were only [singing][music] one.

Even if it were only one, [singing][music]

even if it were only one, [music]

[music]

even if [singing] it were only one.

[music]

[music]

Even if it were only one.

[music]

Even if it were only one.

Even if it were only [singing] one. [music]

Even if it were only one. [music]

Even if it were only one.

[music]

Even if it were only [music] one.

[music]

Even if it were only one, [music]

[music]

even if it were only [singing]

one,

even if it were only [singing][music] one.

Even if it were only one.

Even if [singing] it were only one.

[Spanish]

[música]

[música]

[música]

En la vida [música][canto] conocí mujer

igual a la flaca, coral negro de la

Habana, tremendísima [música]

mulata. 100 libras [canto] de piel y

hueso, 40 kg de salsa y en la cara

[música][canto] dos soles que sin

palabras hablan.

Que sin palabras [canto][música]

hablan.

[música] La placa duerme de [canto] día.

Dice que así el hambre engaña y cuando

cae la noche baja a bailar [canto] a la

tasca y bailar [música] y bailar y tomar

y tomar una cerveza tras otra, [música]

pero ella nunca engorda.

Pero

[música]

ella nunca engorda.

[música]

Por un beso de la flaca daría lo que

fuera. Por un beso de ella, aunque solo

uno fuera. [música]

Por un beso de la flaca daría [canto]

lo que fuera. Por un beso de [música]

aunque solo uno fuera.

Aunque solo [canto] uno [música] fuera.

Moje mis [música] sábanas blancas, como

dice la canción, [canto]

recordando las [música] caricias que me

brindo el primer día y enloquezco

[canto] de ganas de dormir [música] a su

ladito. Porque Dios que está flaca a mí

me tiene loquito.

A mí me [música] tiene loquito. [canto]

[música]

Por un beso de la vaca yo daría

[canto][música] lo que fuera. Por un

beso de ella, aunque solo uno fuera. Por

un beso [música] de la placa yo daría lo

que fuera. Por un beso de ella, aunque

solo [música][canto] uno fuera.

Aunque solo [música][canto] uno fuera.

Aunque solo [canto][música] uno fuera.

Aunque solo uno fuera, [canto][música]

aunque solo uno fuera, [música]

[música]

aunque [canto] solo uno fuera.

[música]

[música]

Aunque solo uno fuera.

[música]

Aunque solo uno fuera.

Aunque solo [canto] uno fuera. [música]

Aunque solo uno fuera. [música]

Aunque solo uno fuera.

[música]

Aunque solo [música] uno fuera.

[música]

Aunque solo uno fuera, [música]

[música]

aunque solo [canto]

uno fuera,

aunque solo [canto][música] uno fuera.

Aunque solo uno fuera.

Aunque [canto] solo uno fuera.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
flaca flaka A2	adjective - thin/skinny
mujer muxer A1	noun - woman
mulata mulata B2	noun - mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry)
hueso weso A2	noun - bone
hambre ambɾe A2	noun - hunger
bailar bailar A1	verb - to dance
cerveza θeɾβeθa A1	noun - beer
engordar eŋgoɾðar B1	verb - to gain weight
beso beso A2	noun - kiss
sábanas saβanas B1	noun - bedsheets
caricias kaɾiθjas B2	noun - caresses
enloquezco enlokeθko B2	verb - to go crazy
ganas ganas A2	noun - desire/urge
dormir doɾmiɾ A1	verb - to sleep
loquito lokito B1	adjective - a little crazy / head over heels

Key Grammar Structures

• En la vida conocí mujer igual a la flaca

  ➔ Preterite tense (Pretérito indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "conocí" is in the first-person singular preterite tense, used to describe a completed action in the past.

• Que sin palabras hablan

  ➔ Relative clause with "que"

  ➔ The pronoun "que" introduces a relative clause describing the antecedent "dos soles".

• Dice que así el hambre engaña

  ➔ Use of "así" as an adverb of manner

  ➔ The word "así" is used here to mean "in this way" or "like this", describing how she tricks hunger.

• Por un beso de la flaca daría lo que fuera

  ➔ Conditional tense (Condicional simple)

  ➔ The verb "daría" expresses a hypothetical or desired situation in the conditional mood.

• Aunque solo uno fuera

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (Subjuntivo) after "aunque"

  ➔ The verb "fuera" is in the imperfect subjunctive, used after "aunque" to express a concession that is hypothetical or unlikely.

• Moje mis sábanas blancas, como dice la canción

  ➔ Subjunctive mood for emotional reaction or figurative action

  ➔ The verb "moje" is in the present subjunctive, often used in poetic contexts to express a subjective state or wish.

• Porque Dios que esta flaca a mí me tiene loquito

  ➔ Pronominal use of the verb "tener" + adjective

  ➔ The construction "me tiene loquito" means "she has me crazy", describing a lasting state caused by her.

• Recordando las caricias que me brindo el primer día

  ➔ Gerund (Gerundio)

  ➔ The gerund "recordando" describes an action simultaneous to the main verb (implied: I am here remembering).