La luna me sabe a poco – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Marea
• Album: Besos de Perro

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of Spanish rock with Marea's masterpiece, "La luna me sabe a poco." The song’s powerful rock sound and highly poetic lyrics, full of metaphor and vivid imagery, offer a rich, authentic insight into the Spanish language's capacity for intense romantic expression. Listening to this top-streamed track will help you master the expressive, metaphorical, and passionate vocabulary of modern Spanish poetry.

[English]

He said his heart was nailed up to the ceiling

Maybe I could make a frieze of kisses

To fill the apron’s pockets with what lies ahead

And hang a memory on each tile

Nothing disgusts him more

Than to endure like a boulder

Until winter passes

To tell them we’ll meet again

Who has lived in a whistling

Proud of having been a horse without brakes

Worn out from walking on the ground

I told her that at night, seas would seep out through my pores

Dreaming that she spoke to me and clung to my vocal cords

No one can sleep hearing my heartbeat

It feels like she’s chewing glass

I have a cat in my gut

A tremor in my lashes

And very little time

If she tells me we’ll see each other again

I’m breaking the blinds

To leave through my window

The road is open

If she gets tired of walking on the ground

We’ll lay the tablecloth, stay by my side

To eat at dawn, whatever the hands desire

And for dessert, a cursed sun that finally drives me mad

You know the moon always feels too little to me

He said his heart was nailed up to the ceiling

Maybe I could make a frieze of kisses

To fill the apron’s pockets with what lies ahead

And hang a memory on each tile

We’ll lay the tablecloth, stay by my side

To eat at dawn, whatever the hands desire

And for dessert, a cursed sun that finally drives me mad

You know the moon always feels too little to me, too little, too little

We’ll lay the tablecloth, stay by my side

To eat at dawn, whatever the hands desire

And for dessert, a cursed sun that finally drives me mad

You know the moon always feels too little to me

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[Spanish]

Decía que tenía el corazón alicata'o hasta el techo

Que, a ver si no podía hacerle yo una cenefa a besos

Pa' llenar de porvenir los bolsillos del mandil

Y colgar un recuerdo de cada azulejo

Y es que na' le da más asco

Que aguantar como un peñasco

A que pase el invierno

Que le diga que ya nos veremos

Que ha vivido en un silbido

Orgullosa de haber sido una yegua sin freno

Desgastada de andar por el suelo

Le dije que a la noche, por los poros, me salían mares

Soñando que me hablaba y me agarraba a sus cuerdas vocales

Que no hay quién pueda dormir escuchando mi latir

Que parece que está masticando cristales

Tengo un gato en las entrañas

Un tembleque en las pestañas

Y muy poco tiempo

Si me dice que ya nos veremos

Voy rompiendo las persianas

Pa' dejar por mi ventana

El camino abierto

Si se cansa de andar por el suelo

Pondremos el mantel, tú quédate a mi lado

A comernos al amanecer, lo que quieran las manos

Y, de postre, un sol maldito que termine de volverme loco

Que ya sabes que la luna, a mí, siempre me sabe a poco

Decía que tenía el corazón alicata'o hasta el techo

Que, a ver si no podía hacerle yo una cenefa a besos

Pa' llenar de porvenir los bolsillos del mandil

Y colgar un recuerdo de cada azulejo

Pondremos el mantel, tú quédate a mi lado

A comernos al amanecer, lo que quieran las manos

Y de postre un sol maldito que termine de volverme loco

Que ya sabes que la luna, a mí, siempre me sabe a poco, a poco, a poco

Pondremos el mantel, tú quédate a mi lado

A comernos al amanecer, lo que quieran las manos

Y de postre un sol maldito que termine de volverme loco

Que ya sabes que la luna, a mí, siempre me sabe a poco

Key Grammar Structures

• Decía que tenía el corazón alicata'o hasta el techo

  ➔ Preterite tense

  ➔ The verb 'decía' is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past. It highlights the speaker's past belief or statement.

• Pa' llenar de porvenir los bolsillos del mandil

  ➔ Contraction and preposition

  ➔ 'Pa' is a contraction of 'para', a common informal usage in Spanish. It is followed by the preposition 'de' to indicate purpose.

• Que le diga que ya nos veremos

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The verb 'diga' is in the subjunctive mood, used to express uncertainty or a wish. It reflects the speaker's desire or uncertainty about the future meeting.

• Si me dice que ya nos veremos

  ➔ Conditional sentence

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence starting with 'si', indicating a hypothetical situation. It expresses an action dependent on a condition.

• Que ya sabes que la luna, a mí, siempre me sabe a poco

  ➔ Double object pronoun

  ➔ The phrase uses 'a mí' as an ethical dative, emphasizing the subject. It is a common structure in Spanish to highlight personal involvement.