Me Rehúso – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Danny Ocean

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Ba-Ba-Babylon girl, Ba-Ba-Babylon girl

For all those loves that

Were forced to be separated

Ba-Ba-Babylon girl, Ba-Ba-Babylon girl

...

This song is for you

Tell me how I explain to my destiny that you're no longer there

Tell me how I'll detach myself from this frenzy

This madness I feel for you, with this chemistry you create in me

And I can't anymore, girl, I can't anymore, girl

Baby, forgive me if I gave you false hope, I didn't mean to

I know that in love, when it's real, it comes back, it comes back

But how to forget your skin? And how to forget you, woman?

I can't anymore, girl, I can't anymore, girl

Baby, no (baby, no)

I refuse to give you a last kiss, so keep it (keep it)

So that next time I give it to you while doing it (doing it)

Doing it to you like this, like this, like this

Just the way you like it, baby

Without looking back, without looking for anyone else

I just want to be with you, woh

If I don't have you here with me, I don't want to be your friend

Because you are my path, woh

And I just want to be next to you

Baby, please, understand it

Just give me your hand and trust me

If you get lost, just follow my voice

And give time (time), mama, to time

That you, that I, we are made to be together

And give time, baby, to time

That you and I, that you and I, we are made to be together

Baby, no (baby, no)

I refuse to give you a last kiss, so keep it (keep it)

So that next time I give it to you while doing it (doing it)

Doing it to you like this, like this, like this (like this, like this)

Just the way you like it, baby (woh, woh)

Baby, no

I refuse to give you a last kiss, so keep it (keep it)

So that next time I give it to you while doing it

Doing it to you like this, like this, like this

Just the way you like it, baby

Like this, like this, like this, just the way you like it, baby

...

Baby, no (baby, no)

I refuse to give you a last kiss, so keep it (keep it)

So that next time I give it to you while doing it

Doing it to you like this, like this, like this

Just the way you like it, baby

Baby, no (baby, no)

I refuse to give you a last kiss, so keep it (keep it)

So that next time I give it to you while doing it

Doing it to you like this, like this

Just the way you like it, baby

...

[Spanish]

Ba-Ba-Babylon girl, Ba-Ba-Babylon girl

Para todos aquellos amores que

Que fueron obligados a ser separados

Ba-Ba-Babylon girl, Ba-Ba-Babylon girl

Esta canción es para ti

Dime cómo le explico a mi destino que ya no estás ahí

Dime cómo haré para desprenderme de este frenesí

Esta locura que siento por ti con esta química que haces en mí

Y ya no puedo, girl, ya no puedo, girl

Nena, discúlpame si te ilusioné, yo no lo quise hacer

Sé que en el amor cuando es real ese vuelve, vuelve

Pero ¿cómo olvidar tu piel?, ¿y cómo olvidarte, mujer?

Ya no puedo, girl, ya no puedo, girl

Baby, no (baby, no)

Me rehúso a darte un último beso, así que guárdalo (guárdalo)

Para que la próxima vez te lo dé haciéndolo (haciéndolo)

Haciéndotelo así, así, así

Así como te gusta, baby

Sin mirar atrás, sin buscar a nadie más

Solo quiero estar contigo, woh

Si no te tengo aquí conmigo, yo no quiero ser tu amigo

Porque tú eres mi camino, woh

Y yo solo quiero estar junto a ti

Nena, por favor, entiéndelo

Solo dame tu mano y confía en mí

Si te pierdes solo sigue mi voz

Y dale tiempo (tiempo), mami, al tiempo

Que tú, que yo, estamos hechos para estar los dos

Y dale tiempo, baby, al tiempo

Que tú y yo, que tú y yo estamos hechos para estar los dos

Baby, no (baby, no)

Me rehúso a darte un último beso, así que guárdalo (guárdalo)

Para que la próxima vez te lo dé haciéndolo (haciéndolo)

Haciéndotelo así, así, así (así, así)

Así como te gusta, baby (woh, woh)

Baby, no

Me rehúso a darte un último beso, así que guárdalo (guárdalo)

Para que la próxima vez te lo dé haciéndolo

Haciéndotelo así, así, así

Así como te gusta, baby

Así, así, así como te gusta, baby

Baby, no (baby, no)

Me rehúso a darte un último beso, así que guárdalo (guárdalo)

Para que la próxima vez te lo dé haciéndolo

Haciéndotelo así, así, así

Así como te gusta, baby

Baby, no (baby, no)

Me rehúso a darte un último beso, así que guárdalo (guárdalo)

Para que la próxima vez te lo dé haciéndolo

Haciéndotelo así, así

Así como te gusta, baby

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rehusar /re.uˈsaɾ/ B2	verb - to refuse, to decline; to object to doing something
beso /ˈbe.so/ A2	noun - kiss
destino /desˈti.no/ B1	noun - destiny, fate noun - destination
frenesí /fɾe.neˈsi/ C1	noun - frenzy, delirium, madness (often of passion)
locura /loˈku.ɾa/ B1	noun - madness, craziness; folly, craze
química /ˈki.mi.ka/ B2	noun - chemistry (science) noun - chemistry (connection or attraction between people)
ilusionar /ilu.sjoˈnaɾ/ B2	verb - to create hope/excitement, to make someone hopeful/excited verb - to deceive (by creating false hopes)
piel /pjel/ A2	noun - skin
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, road, way noun - course of action, direction
confiar /konˈfjaɾ/ B1	verb - to trust, to confide (in someone)
entender /en.tenˈdeɾ/ A1	verb - to understand, to comprehend
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time noun - weather
hacer /aˈθeɾ/ A1	verb - to do, to make, to perform (general action) verb - to perform a sexual act (in context of 'haciéndolo') verb - to be made for, to be destined for (in context of 'estamos hechos para')
separar /se.paˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to separate, to divide; to split up
olvidar /ol.βiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to forget
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A1	verb - to return, to come back; to turn (around/over)
guardar /ɡwaɾˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to keep, to save, to put away; to guard
obligar /o.βliˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to oblige, to force, to compel
canción /kanˈθjon/ A1	noun - song
voz /boθ/ A1	noun - voice (human or animal sound); opinion/say

Key Grammar Structures

• Que fueron obligados a ser separados

  ➔ Passive Voice with 'ser' + past participle + 'a' + infinitive

  ➔ "fueron obligados a ser separados": This construction demonstrates the **passive voice** ('ser' + past participle), followed by "a" and another infinitive to indicate the action they were forced to endure.

• Dime cómo le explico a mi destino que ya no estás ahí

  ➔ Indirect Question with Interrogative Adverb + Indirect Object Pronoun 'le'

  ➔ "cómo le explico": This is an **indirect question** starting with an interrogative adverb ("cómo"). The **indirect object pronoun** "le" refers to "mi destino" (to whom the explanation is directed).

• Dime cómo haré para desprenderme de este frenesí

  ➔ Simple Future Tense + 'para' + Reflexive Infinitive

  ➔ "haré": The **simple future tense** expresses a future action or a decision made about the future. "para desprenderme": The construction "**para + infinitive**" is used to express purpose or aim. "Desprenderme" is a reflexive verb.

• Nena, discúlpame si te ilusioné, yo no lo quise hacer

  ➔ Conditional Clause with 'si' + Preterite of 'querer' (meaning 'refused to')

  ➔ "si te ilusioné": This forms a **conditional clause**, where "si" introduces a condition in the past (preterite tense). "no lo quise hacer": The **preterite of "querer"** ("quise") in negation often implies "refused to" or "didn't want to" actively.

• Pero ¿cómo olvidar tu piel?

  ➔ Rhetorical Question with 'cómo' + Infinitive

  ➔ "¿cómo olvidar?": This is a **rhetorical question** structure using an interrogative adverb ("cómo") followed directly by an **infinitive**. It conveys difficulty or impossibility.

• Me rehúso a darte un último beso

  ➔ Reflexive Verb 'rehusarse' + Preposition 'a' + Infinitive

  ➔ "Me rehúso a darte": The **reflexive verb "rehusarse"** (to refuse oneself) is always followed by the **preposition "a"** before an infinitive, indicating the action one refuses to do.

• Para que la próxima vez te lo dé haciéndolo

  ➔ Purpose Clause with 'para que' + Subjunctive + Gerund

  ➔ "Para que... dé" introduces a **purpose clause** requiring the **subjunctive mood** for the verb ("dé"). The **gerund** "haciéndolo" indicates the manner or a simultaneous action, with the object pronoun "lo" attached.

• Sin mirar atrás, sin buscar a nadie más

  ➔ 'Sin' + Infinitive

  ➔ "Sin mirar": The **preposition "sin"** (without) is always followed by an **infinitive** in Spanish to express "without doing something".

• Si no te tengo aquí conmigo, yo no quiero ser tu amigo

  ➔ First Conditional (Type 1 Conditional)

  ➔ "Si no te tengo... no quiero": This exemplifies a **first conditional (Type 1) sentence**, where a condition in the present (present indicative "tengo") leads to a consequence also in the present or future (present indicative "no quiero").

• Que tú, que yo, estamos hechos para estar los dos

  ➔ Passive Construction 'estar hechos' + 'para' + Infinitive

  ➔ "estamos hechos para estar": This is a common **passive construction** "estar hecho/a/os/as" (to be made/destined) followed by "**para + infinitive**" to express purpose or destiny.