Mareo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Babasonicos

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive world of Argentine rock with Babasónicos' "Mareo." This song offers a great opportunity to learn Spanish through its poetic and introspective lyrics about the complexities of love and longing. By exploring the language of "Mareo," you can appreciate the nuances of expressing deep emotions and learn vocabulary related to feelings and memory, all wrapped in a captivating alternative rock sound that makes Babasónicos a special and enduring band in Latin music.

[English]

I'm embarrassed and I don't know if I should tell you

If it's obvious, I don't raise my eyes

And I melt when I'm face to face with you

If I find you alone, I start believing in God again

Your absence kills me

And having loved you so much

Because the memory isn't real

Let's be together again

...

Time crushes, stealing my modesty

I gain confidence and say a few words to you

I fall into the abyss that the present holds for us

And feverishly in the fall I ask, what happened to us?

Your absence kills me

And having loved you so much

Because the memory isn't real

And let's be together again

...

Your absence kills me

And having loved you so much

Because the memory isn't real (I won't endure feeling bad any longer)

Let's be together again

...

[Spanish]

Me da vergüenza y no sé si decírtelo

Si se me nota no levanto la mirada

Y me derrito si te tengo cara a cara

Si te encuentro a solas vuelvo a creer en Dios

Es que me mata tu ausencia

Y haberte querido tanto

Porque el recuerdo no es real

Estemos juntos otra vez

El tiempo arrasa secuestrando mi pudor

Cobro confianza y te dirijo unas palabras

Caigo al abismo que el presente nos depara

Y febril en la caída pregunto ¿qué nos pasó?

Es que me mata tu ausencia

Y haberte querido tanto

Porque el recuerdo no es real

Y estemos juntos otra vez

Es que me mata tu ausencia

Y haberte querido tanto

Porque el recuerdo no es real (No acepto más pasarla mal)

Estemos juntos otra vez

Key Grammar Structures

• Me da vergüenza y no sé si decírtelo

  ➔ Pronoun + verb construction 'me da vergüenza' (It embarrasses me).

  ➔ The phrase 'me da vergüenza' literally means 'it gives me shame', showing use of an indirect object pronoun 'me' to express emotional reaction.

• Y me derrito si te tengo cara a cara

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'si' (if) + present indicative.

  ➔ The use of 'si te tengo' introduces a real condition, expressing what happens (melting) when the speaker faces the other person.

• Si te encuentro a solas vuelvo a creer en Dios

  ➔ Sequence with 'si' + present indicative + result in present.

  ➔ The present tense after 'si' indicates general truth: when the speaker meets the person alone, faith returns.

• Es que me mata tu ausencia

  ➔ Emphatic phrase 'es que' introducing explanation or emphasis.

  ➔ 'Es que' reinforces the emotional statement, similar to 'it's just that' or 'you see'.

• Porque el recuerdo no es real

  ➔ Use of 'porque' for cause or justification.

  ➔ Indicates the reason for previous emotion: 'your absence kills me because the memory isn't real'.

• El tiempo arrasa secuestrando mi pudor

  ➔ Gerund 'secuestrando' used to indicate manner or simultaneous action.

  ➔ The gerund shows how 'time destroys' — by 'kidnapping modesty', i.e. taking away innocence.

• Caigo al abismo que el presente nos depara

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by 'que'.

  ➔ 'Que el presente nos depara' modifies 'abismo', meaning 'the abyss that the present holds for us'.

• Pregunto ¿qué nos pasó?

  ➔ Use of preterite 'pasó' to refer to a completed past action.

  ➔ The preterite 'pasó' shows a specific, finished event — 'what happened (to us)' — distinct from ongoing states.

• Estemos juntos otra vez

  ➔ Present subjunctive 'estemos' used in a wish or desire.

  ➔ The subjunctive form 'estemos' conveys hope or a wish: 'may we be together again'.