MALAMENTE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ROSALÍA

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Ese cristalito roto

That little broken glass

Yo sentí como crujía

I felt it creaking

Antes de caerse al suelo

Before it fell to the ground

Ya sabía que se rompía (uh)

I already knew it was breaking (uh)

Está parpadeando

It's flickering

La luz del descansillo

The light in the hallway

Una voz en la escalera

A voice on the stairs

Alguien cruzando el pasillo

Someone crossing the hallway

Malamente (eso es; así si)

Badly (that's it; like this)

Malamente (¡tra, tra!)

Badly (tra, tra!)

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal (mira)

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad (look)

Malamente (toma que toma)

Badly (take that, take that)

Está en la mente (eso es; ¡illo!)

It's in the mind (that's it; hey!)

Malamente

Badly

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad

Malamente (uh)

Badly (uh)

Se ha puesto la noche rara

The night has become strange

Han sali'o luna' y estrella' (eh)

The moon and stars have come out (eh)

Me lo dijo esa gitana (¿qué?)

That gypsy told me (what?)

Mejor no salir a verla (no)

Better not go out to see her (no)

Sueño que estoy andando

I dream that I'm walking

Por un puente y que la acera (mira, mira, mira, mira)

On a bridge and that the sidewalk (look, look, look, look)

Cuanto más quiero cruzarlo (va)

The more I want to cross it (go)

Más se mueve y tambalea

The more it moves and wobbles

Malamente (eso es; así si)

Badly (that's it; like this)

Malamente (¡tra, tra!)

Badly (tra, tra!)

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal (mira)

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad (look)

Malamente (toma que toma)

Badly (take that, take that)

Está en la mente (eso es; ¡illo!)

It's in the mind (that's it; hey!)

Malamente

Badly

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad

Malamente

Badly

Aunque no esté bonita

Even if it's not pretty

La noche undivé

The night has sunk

Voy a salir pa la calle

I'm going out to the street

En la manita los aro' brillando, en mi piel los corale'

With the rings shining on my hand, the coral on my skin

Me protejan, me salven

Protect me, save me

Me iluminen, me guarden

Illuminate me, guard me

Y por delante

And ahead

No voy a perder ni un minuto en volver a pensarte

I'm not going to waste a minute thinking of you again

Malamente (eso es; así si)

Badly (that's it; like this)

Malamente (¡tra, tra!)

Badly (tra, tra!)

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal (mira)

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad (look)

Malamente (toma que toma)

Badly (take that, take that)

Está en la mente (eso es; ¡illo!)

It's in the mind (that's it; hey!)

Malamente

Badly

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal (illo)

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad (hey)

Malamente (toma que toma)

Badly (take that, take that)

Está en la mente (¡illo!)

It's in the mind (hey!)

Malamente (¡tra, tra!)

Badly (tra, tra!)

...

...

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad

Malamente (toma que toma)

Badly (take that, take that)

Está en la mente (eso es; ¡illo!)

It's in the mind (that's it; hey!)

Malamente

Badly

Mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal, mu' mal

Bad, very bad, very bad, very bad, very bad

...

...

Malamente

Badly

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
roto /ˈro.to/ B1	adjective - broken
crujía /kɾuˈxi.a/ B2	verb - it creaked
suelo /ˈswe.lo/ A2	noun - ground, floor
rompía /romˈpi.a/ B1	verb - it was breaking
parpadeando /paɾ.pa.deˈan.do/ B2	verb - blinking
luz /lus/ A1	noun - light
voz /bos/ A2	noun - voice
escalera /es.kaˈle.ɾa/ A2	noun - stairs, staircase
mente /ˈmen.te/ B1	noun - mind
noche /ˈno.t͡ʃe/ A1	noun - night
rara /ˈra.ɾa/ B1	adjective - strange, odd
luna /ˈlu.na/ A1	noun - moon
estrella /esˈtɾe.ʝa/ A1	noun - star
gitana /xiˈta.na/ B1	noun - gypsy woman
sueño /ˈswe.ɲo/ A2	noun - dream verb - I dream
puente /ˈpwen.te/ A2	noun - bridge