Mareo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Babasónicos
• Album: Infame

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Babasónicos with "Mareo," a track that beautifully showcases the nuances of the Spanish language through its introspective and emotionally charged lyrics. Learning Spanish with this song offers a unique opportunity to grasp expressions of vulnerability and longing, while appreciating the band's eclectic rock style and Adrián Dárgelos's captivating storytelling. It's a special song for understanding how Spanish can convey complex human emotions, making it perfect for language learners.

[English]

I’m ashamed and don’t know if I should tell you

If it shows, I don’t lift my gaze

And I melt if I have you face to face

If I find you alone, I believe 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 devastates, kidnapping my shame

I get confident and say a few words to you

I fall into the abyss that the present holds for us

And feverish 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 accept feeling bad anymore)

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 Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vergüenza /berˈɣwen.sa/ B1	noun - shame
notar /noˈtar/ B1	verb - to notice
derretir /dereˈtir/ B2	verb - to melt
ausencia /au̯ˈsen.sja/ B1	noun - absence
recuerdo /reˈkwer.do/ A2	noun - memory
arrasar /araˈsar/ B2	verb - to destroy
secuestrar /se.kwes.ˈtrar/ C1	verb - to kidnap
pudor /puˈðor/ B2	noun - modesty
confianza /kon.fjan.ˈsa/ A2	noun - confidence
abismo /aˈβis.mo/ B1	noun - abyss
febril /feˈβril/ C1	adjective - feverish
caída /ˈkai.ða/ A2	noun - fall
querer /keˈreɾ/ A1	verb - to love
real /reˈal/ A1	adjective - real
juntos /ˈxuntos/ A1	adjective - together

Key Grammar Structures

• Me da vergüenza y no sé si decírtelo

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun + verb construction

  ➔ The phrase 'Me da vergüenza' uses 'me' as an indirect object pronoun meaning 'to me'; it literally means 'It gives me shame'.

• Si se me nota, no levanto la mirada

  ➔ Reflexive and impersonal construction

  ➔ 'Se me nota' uses 'se' for impersonal expression and 'me' for personal involvement; it means 'if it shows on me'.

• Si te encuentro a solas, vuelvo a creer en Dios

  ➔ Condition + present + infinitive phrase

  ➔ ‘Si’ introduces a real condition, both verbs are in present indicative, common in Spanish to express real possibilities.

• Es que me mata tu ausencia

  ➔ Emphatic 'es que' construction

  ➔ ‘Es que’ is used to emphasize or justify an emotion or statement; literally ‘it’s that…’.

• Y haberte querido tanto

  ➔ Perfect infinitive

  ➔ ‘Haber’ + past participle (‘haberte querido’) refers to an action completed before another time or emotion.

• Porque el recuerdo no es real

  ➔ Simple statement with 'porque'

  ➔ ‘Porque’ introduces a reason clause; the sentence uses present tense for a general truth.

• El tiempo arrasa, secuestrando mi pudor

  ➔ Gerund phrase showing simultaneous action

  ➔ ‘Secuestrando’ (gerund) shows an action occurring at the same time as ‘arrasa’.

• Caigo al abismo que el presente nos depara

  ➔ Relative clause with indicative

  ➔ ‘Que el presente nos depara’ is a relative clause describing ‘abismo’; indicative shows something real or known.

• Y febril en la caída pregunto qué nos pasó

  ➔ Indirect question using preterite

  ➔ ‘Pregunto qué nos pasó’ means ‘I ask what happened to us’; the question is embedded without inversion.