Maldita Oscuridad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Stravaganzza
• Album: Raíces

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful and emotional world of Spanish metal with “Maldita Oscuridad”! This track by Stravaganzza is a prime example of high-level, theatrical Spanish-language Symphonic Gothic Metal. By learning the lyrics, you can explore sophisticated vocabulary related to drama, despair, and intense emotion, and master complex, passionate phrasing that is central to Spanish lyrical poetry and storytelling.

[English]

I can't stand your fake depression anymore,

that you flaunt like it's nothing.

Your attitude is a reflection of a home

where you haven't been loved enough.

I hate your damn darkness, that leads to nothing.

You're just a crystal child.

If you knew how much you have to fight

to be able to arrive

in our particular hell.

I don't want to see you sink again

and take refuge in your "bad luck."

It's not all like that, you just have to fight

and stop with all the nonsense.

I hate your damn darkness, that leads to nothing.

You're just a crystal child.

If you knew how much you have to fight

to be able to get up

in our particular hell.

You can.

You can. Do you want to?

Shut up once and for all!

Stop screwing around!

Do you know how many people don't even have a place to fall?

I hate your damn darkness...

...

[Spanish]

No aguanto más tu fingida depresión,

que vas luciendo como si tal cosa.

Es tu actitud el reflejo de un hogar

donde no te han querido suficiente.

Odio tu maldita oscuridad, que no lleva a nada.

Eres sólo un niño de cristal.

Si supieras cuánto hay que luchar

para poder llegar

en nuestro infierno particular.

No quiero ver como te hundes otra vez

y te refugias en tu "mala suerte".

No es todo así, sólo tienes que luchar

y déjate de tanta tontería.

Odio tu maldita oscuridad, que no lleva a nada.

Eres sólo un niño de cristal.

Si supieras cuánto hay que luchar

para poderte levantar

en nuestro infierno particular.

Podéis.

Podeís. Quereís?

¡Calla de una vez!

¡Deja de joder!

¿Sabes cuánta gente no tiene ni dónde caer?

Odio tu maldita oscuridad...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
oscuridad /oskuɾiˈðað/ B2	noun - darkness
odio /ˈoðjo/ B1	verb - I hate noun - hatred
luchar /luˈtʃaɾ/ B1	verb - to fight
niño /ˈniɲo/ A1	noun - child
cristal /kɾisˈtal/ B1	noun - crystal
infierno /iɱˈfjeɾno/ B1	noun - hell
reflejo /reˈflexo/ B2	noun - reflection
suerte /ˈswerte/ A2	noun - luck, fate
gente /ˈxente/ A2	noun - people
depresión /depɾeˈsjon/ B1	noun - depression
actitud /aktiˈtuð/ B1	noun - attitude
hogar /oˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - home
levantar /leβanˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to raise, to lift, to get up
hundes /ˈundes/ B2	verb - sink
tontería /tonteˈɾia/ B1	noun - nonsense, foolishness

Key Grammar Structures

• No aguanto más tu fingida depresión

  ➔ Use of 'no' + verb to form negation; present tense of 'aguantar' (to endure); 'más' as an intensifier.

  ➔ The word 'no' negates the verb 'aguanto'. The adverb 'más' adds emphasis: 'I can’t stand your fake depression anymore.'

• que vas luciendo como si tal cosa

  ➔ Present progressive 'vas luciendo' with verb 'ir' + gerund; 'como si' introduces a hypothetical or ironic comparison.

  ➔ 'Vas luciendo' means 'you go on showing off'. 'Como si tal cosa' literally 'as if nothing happened', shows disdain.

• Es tu actitud el reflejo de un hogar

  ➔ Ser + noun for identity ('Es ... el reflejo'); 'de' introduces possession or origin.

  ➔ 'Es ... el reflejo' shows an equation: 'Your attitude is the reflection of a home.'

• Odio tu maldita oscuridad, que no lleva a nada

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que' connecting ideas; 'llevar a' means 'to lead to'.

  ➔ The relative 'que' replaces 'oscuridad' in 'que no lleva a nada' — 'your cursed darkness that leads nowhere.'

• Eres sólo un niño de cristal

  ➔ Simple present of 'ser'; noun phrase 'niño de cristal' (metaphor using 'de' for material).

  ➔ 'Niño de cristal' literally means 'child of glass', figuratively fragile or overly sensitive.

• Si supieras cuánto hay que luchar

  ➔ Imperfect subjunctive 'supieras' after 'si' expressing unreality; 'hay que' + infinitive for obligation.

  ➔ 'Si supieras' introduces an unreal condition: 'If you knew how much one must fight.'

• para poderte levantar

  ➔ 'Para' + infinitive expresses purpose; pronoun 'te' enclitic attached to infinitive.

  ➔ Literal: 'to be able to lift yourself up'; the clitic 'te' refers back to the subject.

• y te refugias en tu 'mala suerte'

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'refugiarse' in present; 'en' introduces place or figurative refuge.

  ➔ 'Te refugias' shows self-action: 'you take refuge in your bad luck'.

• ¡Calla de una vez!

  ➔ Imperative of 'callar' addressed to 'tú'; 'de una vez' is an idiom for urgency.

  ➔ 'Calla de una vez!' means 'Shut up already!'; expresses irritation using imperative tone.