Mala Gente – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Juanes
• Album: Un Día Normal

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the raw emotion and compelling narrative of Juanes's "Mala Gente." This powerful Latin rock anthem offers a window into themes of heartbreak and resilience, making it a special song to learn Spanish through its direct and impactful lyrics.

[English]

You ask me to leave you now, now

Now when I need you the most

You tell me that this love has been forgotten, now

Now when I no longer forget you

You ask me to just be friends, friends

And I’m not interested in being your friend

You say this love has been in vain

How bad that you say that!

But how good that it’s over!

(Bad person), you mocked my feelings and now you regret it

(Bad person), you will pay dearly because I’m no longer interested in you

(Bad person), because you are a liar and a

(Bad person), and in hell completely, completely you will burn!

...

Traitor, liar, bad person, pray!

...

You ask me to come back now, now

And now it’s me who doesn’t care

You ask me to be more than friends, friends

And friends for what, if there’s no affection

Today I finally realized your deceit

Of your bad nature

And all the harm you did to me, ah!

(Bad person), you mocked my feelings and now you regret it

(Bad person), you will pay dearly because I’m no longer interested in you

(Bad person), because you are a liar and a

(Bad person), and in hell completely, completely you will burn!

(Bad person), you mocked my feelings and now you regret it

(Bad person), you will pay dearly because I’m no longer interested in you

(Bad person), because you are a liar and a

(Bad person), and in hell completely, completely you will burn!

(Bad person), the day you were born, darling

(Bad person), that day all my sorrows were born

(Bad person), hey!

(Bad person), and in hell completely, completely you will burn!

...

[Spanish]

Tú me pides que te deje ahora, ahora

Ahora cuando más te necesito

Tú me dices que este amor se fue al olvido, ahora

Ahora cuando yo ya no te olvido

Tú me pides que seamos solo amigos, amigos

Y a mí no me interesa ser tu amigo

Tú me dices que este amor ha sido en vano

¡Qué malo que dices eso!

Pero ¡qué bueno que se acabó!

(Mala gente), te burlaste de mis sentimientos y ahora te lamentas

(Mala gente), vas a pagarla caro porque a mí tú ya no me interesas

(Mala gente), porque tú eres una mentirosa y una

(Mala gente), ¡y en el infierno enterita, enterita te vas a quemar!

Traicionera, mentirosa, mala gente, ¡ora!

Tú me pides que regrese ahora, ahora

Y ahora es a mí es a quien no le importa

Tú me pides que seamos más que amigos, amigos

Y amigos para qué, si no hay cariño

Hoy por fin me he dado cuenta de tu engaño

De tu mala calaña

Y tanto mal que me hiciste tú, ¡ah!

(Mala gente), te burlaste de mis sentimientos y ahora te lamentas

(Mala gente), vas a pagarla caro porque a mí tú ya no me interesas

(Mala gente), porque tú eres una mentirosa y una

(Mala gente), ¡y en el infierno enterita, enterita te vas a quemar!

(Mala gente), te burlaste de mis sentimientos y ahora te lamentas

(Mala gente), vas a pagarla caro porque a mí tú ya no me interesas

(Mala gente), porque tú eres una mentirosa y una

(Mala gente), ¡y en el infierno enterita, enterita te vas a quemar!

(Mala gente), el día en que tú naciste, cariño

(Mala gente), ese día nacieron todas mis penas

(Mala gente), ¡oiga!

(Mala gente), ¡y en el infierno enterita, enterita te vas a quemar!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pide /ˈpiðe/ B1	verb - to ask for or request
dejé /deˈxe/ B1	verb - to leave behind or abandon
necesito /neθeˈsito/ A2	verb - to need
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
olvido /olβiˈðo/ B2	noun - forgetfulness, oblivion
amigos /aˈmiɣos/ A2	noun - friends
interesa /inteˈɾesa/ B1	verb - to interest
mentirosa /menˈiɾo.sa/ B2	noun / adjective - liar (female)
quema /ˈkeɱa/ B2	verb / noun - to burn, fire; burn (noun)
traicionera /tɾaβiˈθjo.neɾa/ C1
calle /ˈka.ʝe/ A2	noun - street
día /ˈdi.a/ A1	noun - day
nació /naˈθjo/ B1	verb - was born

Key Grammar Structures

• Tú me pides que te deje ahora, ahora

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'que' to express desire or recommendation.

  ➔ The phrase 'que te deje' uses the **subjunctive mood** to indicate a desire or request.

• Ahora cuando yo ya no te olvido

  ➔ Use of 'ya no' to indicate that an action no longer occurs or a state has ended.

  ➔ 'Ya no te olvido' means 'I no longer forget you,' highlighting the end of forgetting.

• Y a mí no me interesa ser tu amigo

  ➔ Use of 'interesa' with an indirect object pronoun to express interest or concern.

  ➔ The phrase 'no me interesa' uses the verb 'interesar' to indicate that something does not concern or interest the speaker.

• ¡Qué malo que dices eso!

  ➔ Use of 'que' after 'malo' to introduce a subordinate clause expressing an opinion or judgment.

  ➔ The phrase 'qué malo que dices eso' uses 'que' to connect the main clause with the subordinate clause expressing an opinion.

• Y en el infierno enterita, enterita te vas a quemar

  ➔ Use of 'vas a' to form the near future tense indicating an intention or imminent action.

  ➔ The phrase 'vas a quemar' uses the 'vas a' structure to express an action that will happen in the near future, here implying burning in hell.