LA KILIÉ – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ROSALÍA
• Album: MOTOMAMI +

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Rosalía's 'LA KILIÉ,' a vibrant song that brilliantly fuses traditional Spanish influences with contemporary pop. This track offers a compelling way to engage with the language through its empowering message of female strength and authenticity, delivered with Rosalía's signature innovative style, making it a special piece for language learners and music lovers alike.

[English]

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Party to kill, where’s the place to break loose?

I signed the court with an enamel pin

Deep until the grave, grave, grave, grave

From every balcony, they throw carnations

I’m melted like Alice in Chanel’s wonderland

The clocks that mark my hours to get to work

And pins that pierce, but there’s no workshop

I want my cup of tea, whether it’s yerba mate or matcha

I want my name branded, I blazed that trail myself

The captain of the sea, splits the wave in the boat

Old-school verses, come see how she brings it

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Party to kill, where’s the place to break loose?

I signed the court with an enamel pin

Deep until the grave, grave, grave, grave

If Moses parted seas, she parts hearts

The reflections in the Cartier mirrors look blurry

Cold coconut, my dinner looked like a frappé

I’m lost until I find my signs written out

I want my cup of tea, whether it’s yerba mate or matcha

I want my name branded, I blazed that trail myself

The captain of the sea, splits the wave in the boat

Old-school verses, come see how she brings it

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Party to kill, where’s the place to break loose?

I signed the court with an enamel pin

Deep until the grave, grave, grave, grave

Grave, grave, grave

Grave, grave

Grave, grave, grave

Grave

Look at the hookah, look and smoke

Look at the hookah, look at it, look at the hookah

Look at the hookah, look and smoke

Look at the hookah, look at it, look at the hookah

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Party to kill, where’s the place to break loose?

I signed the court with an enamel pin

Deep until the grave, grave, grave, grave

Grave, grave, grave

Grave, grave

Grave, grave, grave

Grave

...

[Spanish]

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Rumba pa' matar, ¿Dónde es que pa' romper?

Yo firmé la cancha con broche de esmalte

Jonda hasta la tumba, tumba, tumba, tumba

De toíto' los balcone' tiran los clavele'

Estoy fundía' como Alicia en el país de Chanel

Los relojes que me marcan las horitas de hacer

Y alfileres que se clavan, pero no hay atelier

Quiero mi taza de té, que sea de mate o de matcha

Quiero mi nombre marca'o, yo ese camino macheteé

La capitana del mar, parte la ola en el bote

Copla' del siglo pasa'o, ven y mira cómo le mete

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Rumba pa' matar, ¿Dónde es que pa' romper?

Yo firmé la cancha con broche de esmalte

Jonda hasta la tumba, tumba, tumba, tumba

Si Moisés partió mares, ella corazones

Se ven blurry los reflejo' en los espejos Cartier

Coco frío, que mi cena parecía un frappé

'Toy perdía' hasta que encuentro escrita' mis señale'

Quiero mi taza de té, que sea de mate o de matcha

Quiero mi nombre marca'o, yo ese camino macheteé

La capitana del mar, parte la ola en el bote

Copla' del siglo pasa'o, ven y mira cómo le mete

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Rumba pa' matar, ¿Dónde es que pa' romper?

Yo firmé la cancha con broche de esmalte

Jonda hasta la tumba, tumba, tumba, tumba

Tumba, tumba, tumba

Tumba, tumba

Tumba, tumba, tumba

Tumba

Mira la hookah, mírala y fuma

Mira la hookah, míra la, mira la hookah

Mira la hookah, mírala y fuma

Mira la hookah, míra la, mira la hookah

Ah, la-la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kil, la kilié

Rumba pa' matar, ¿Dónde es que pa' romper?

Yo firmé la cancha con broche de esmalte

Hunde hasta la tumba, tumba, tumba, tumba

Tumba, tumba, tumba

Tumba, tumba

Tumba, tumba, tumba

Tumba

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo firmé la cancha con broche de esmalte

  ➔ Preterite tense

  ➔ The verb 'firmé' is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past ('I signed').

• Jonda hasta la tumba, tumba, tumba, tumba

  ➔ Adverbial phrase

  ➔ 'Hasta la tumba' is an adverbial phrase indicating extent or duration ('until the grave').

• Estoy fundía' como Alicia en el país de Chanel

  ➔ Present tense with apostrophe contraction

  ➔ 'Estoy fundía'' is a contraction of 'estoy fundida' using an apostrophe, common in informal Spanish.

• Quiero mi taza de té, que sea de mate o de matcha

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ 'Que sea' is in the subjunctive mood, expressing a wish or possibility ('that it be').

• La capitana del mar, parte la ola en el bote

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ 'En el bote' is a prepositional phrase indicating location ('in the boat').

• Copla' del siglo pasa'o, ven y mira cómo le mete

  ➔ Apostrophe contraction and imperative mood

  ➔ 'Pasa'o' is a contraction of 'pasado' using an apostrophe, and 'ven' is in the imperative mood ('come').