LA MUERTE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: MONSIEUR PERINÉ

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on an emotional journey with Monsieur Periné's "LA MUERTE," a hauntingly beautiful song that masterfully blends Spanish and French lyrics to express profound sorrow and longing. This track offers a unique opportunity to explore the nuances of both languages through poetic expressions of heartbreak, making it special for its raw emotional depth and seamless bilingual artistry. Listening closely to the alternating languages can enrich your understanding and appreciation of its universal theme of loss.

[English]

The night falls late

The flowers are still pale

It's your presence that

Drifts away

Like small sails

Of ships that make shipwreck

My eyes have drowned

In tears

Oh, what pain! Your kisses hurt me

Your absence, who will heal it?

Oh! May death take me with it

I don't want to live if you're not here

You left on a normal day

Rushing off to work

You barely ate a bread

I didn't want to ask

If you were okay or not

Or if you wanted to rest

Oh, what pain! Your kisses hurt me

Your absence, who will heal it?

Oh! May death take me with it

I don't want to live if you're not here

Oh, what pain! Your kisses hurt me

Your absence, who will heal it?

Oh! May death take me with it

I don't want to live if you're not here

Oh, what pain! Your kisses hurt me

Your absence, who will heal it?

Oh! May death take me with it

I don't want to live if you're not here

...

[Spanish]

La nuit se couche tard

Les fleurs sont encore pâles

C'est ta présence qui

S'éloigne

Comme les petites voiles

Des bateaux qui font naufrage

Mes yeux se sont noyés

En larmes

¡Ay, qué dolor!, que me duelen tus besos

Tu ausencia, ¿quién la curará?

¡Ay!, que me lleve la muerte con ella

No quiero vivir si no estás

Saliste un día normal

Con prisa a trabajar

Apenas te comiste un pan

No quise preguntar

Si estabas bien o mal

O si querías descansar

¡Ay, qué dolor!, que me duelen tus besos

Tu ausencia, ¿quién la curará?

¡Ay!, que me lleve la muerte con ella

No quiero vivir si no estás

¡Ay, qué dolor!, que me duelen tus besos

Tu ausencia, ¿quién la curará?

¡Ay!, que me lleve la muerte con ella

No quiero vivir si no estás

¡Ay, qué dolor!, que me duelen tus besos

Tu ausencia, ¿quién la curará?

¡Ay!, que me lleve la muerte con ella

No quiero vivir si no estás

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
naufragio /nown-fra-HEE-o/ B2	noun - shipwreck
noche /NOH-chay/ A2	noun - night
flor /floh-R/ A2	noun - flower
presencia /pre-SEN-see-a/ B1	noun - presence
dolor /do-LOR/ A2	noun - pain
besos /BEH-sohs/ A2	noun (plural) - kisses
muerte /MWEHR-teh/ B2	noun - death
vivir /bi-VIR/ B1	verb - to live
estar /es-TAR/ A2	verb - to be (location, condition)
querer /keh-REHR/ B1	verb - to want
descansar /des-kahn-SAR/ B2	verb - to rest
trabajar /tra-HAH-var/ A2	verb - to work
preguntar /pre-GUN-tar/ B1	verb - to ask

Key Grammar Structures

• La nuit se couche tard

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun + verb + adverb

  ➔ The sentence uses the reflexive pronoun "se" with the verb "couche" to indicate an action performed by the subject on itself.

• Les fleurs sont encore pâles

  ➔ Present tense of the verb "être" + adjective + adverb

  ➔ Uses the present tense of "être" with an adjective "pâles" to describe the state of the flowers.

• C'est ta présence qui s'éloigne

  ➔ C'est + noun + relative clause with "qui" + verb

  ➔ Uses the structure "C'est" + noun + relative clause "qui" + verb to emphasize the subject's absence.

• ¡Ay, qué dolor!, que me duelen tus besos

  ➔ Interjection + relative pronoun + noun + verb in present tense

  ➔ Uses interjection "¡Ay!" plus a relative clause to express pain and describe the action of the lips (besos) hurting.

• No quiero vivir si no estás

  ➔ Negative form with "quiero" + infinitive + conditional clause with "si"

  ➔ Expresses a desire not to live under the condition of the other person's absence using "quiero" (I want) + infinitive + "si no" (if not).