La Revolución Sexual – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La Casa Azul

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Dímelo ya

Tell me now

Necesitas descansar

You need to rest

Ahora dímelo ya

Now tell me now

Esperar está de más

Waiting is too much

Porque va a suceder

Because it's going to happen

El verano del amor

The summer of love

Sé que va a suceder

I know it's going to happen

La revolución sexual

The sexual revolution

Y hace días que sabes que no

And you've known for days that no

Que a veces no hay que tener la razón

That sometimes you don't have to be right

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Well, are you ready to go?

Well, are you ready to go?

Tú que decidiste que tu vida no valía

You, who decided that your life wasn't worth it

Que te inclinaste por sentirte siempre mal

You, who chose to always feel bad

Que anticipabas un futuro catastrófico

You, who anticipated a catastrophic future

Hoy pronosticas la revolución sexual

Today you predict the sexual revolution

Tú que decidiste que tu amor ya no servía

You, who decided that your love was no longer useful

Que preferiste maquillar tu identidad

You, who preferred to put makeup on your identity

Hoy te preparas para el golpe más fantástico

Today you prepare for the most fantastic blow

Porque hoy empieza la revolución sexual

Because today the sexual revolution begins

Déjalo ya

Leave it now

No pretendas despistar

Don't try to mislead

Ahora déjalo ya

Now leave it now

¿A quién quieres engañar?

Who are you trying to fool?

Porque va a suceder

Because it's going to happen

El verano del amor

The summer of love

Sé que va a suceder

I know it's going to happen

La revolución sexual

The sexual revolution

Y hace días que sabes que no

And you've known for days that no

Que a veces no hay que tener el control

That sometimes you don't have to be in control

Well, are you ready to go?

Well, are you ready to go?

Tú que decidiste que tu vida no valía

You, who decided that your life wasn't worth it

Que te inclinaste por sentirte siempre mal

You, who chose to always feel bad

Que anticipabas un futuro catastrófico

You, who anticipated a catastrophic future

Hoy pronosticas la revolución sexual

Today you predict the sexual revolution

Tú que decidiste que tu amor ya no servía

You, who decided that your love was no longer useful

Que preferiste maquillar tu identidad

You, who preferred to put makeup on your identity

Hoy te preparas para el golpe más fantástico

Today you prepare for the most fantastic blow

Porque hoy empieza la revolución sexual

Because today the sexual revolution begins

...

...

Well, are you ready to go?

Well, are you ready to go?

Tú que decidiste que tu vida no valía

You, who decided that your life wasn't worth it

Que te inclinaste por sentirte siempre mal

You, who chose to always feel bad

Que anticipabas un futuro catastrófico

You, who anticipated a catastrophic future

Hoy pronosticas la revolución sexual

Today you predict the sexual revolution

Tú que decidiste que tu amor ya no servía

You, who decided that your love was no longer useful

Que preferiste maquillar tu identidad

You, who preferred to put makeup on your identity

Hoy te preparas para el golpe más fantástico

Today you prepare for the most fantastic blow

Porque hoy empieza la revolución sexual

Because today the sexual revolution begins

¡Tú!

You!

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Hoy empieza la revolución sexual

Today the sexual revolution begins

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Hoy empieza la revolución

Today the revolution begins

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
revolución /re.βo.luˈθjon/ B2	noun - revolution
sexual /sekˈswal/ B1	adjective - sexual
verano /beˈɾano/ A2	noun - summer
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
necesitar /ne.θe.siˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to need
descansar /des.kanˈsaɾ/ B1	verb - to rest
esperar /es.peˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to wait
suceder /su.θeˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to happen
razón /raˈθon/ B1	noun - reason
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
sentir /senˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to feel
futuro /fuˈtu.ɾo/ A2	noun - future
identidad /i.ðen.tiˈðað/ B2	noun - identity
golpe /ˈɡol.pe/ B1	noun - blow
fantástico /fanˈtas.ti.ko/ B1	adjective - fantastic

Key Grammar Structures

• Dímelo ya

  ➔ Imperative mood for giving commands.

  ➔ The phrase "Dímelo" is a command meaning "Tell me".

• Porque va a suceder

  ➔ Future tense to express certainty.

  ➔ The phrase "va a suceder" means "is going to happen", indicating a strong belief in the future event.

• ¿A quién quieres engañar?

  ➔ Interrogative form to ask questions.

  ➔ The phrase "¿A quién quieres engañar?" translates to "Who do you want to deceive?" and is used to challenge someone's honesty.

• Hoy empieza la revolución sexual

  ➔ Present tense to indicate current actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Hoy empieza" means "Today begins", indicating an action that is happening now.

• Que anticipabas un futuro catastrófico

  ➔ Imperfect tense to describe past habits or ongoing actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Que anticipabas" means "That you anticipated", referring to a past expectation.

• Que preferiste maquillar tu identidad

  ➔ Preterite tense to describe completed actions in the past.

  ➔ The phrase "Que preferiste" means "That you preferred", indicating a choice made in the past.

• El verano del amor

  ➔ Noun phrase to denote a specific concept.

  ➔ The phrase "El verano del amor" translates to "The summer of love", referring to a cultural movement.