Mentira – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Valeria Lynch

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Mentira

Lie

Lo nuestro siempre fue una mentira

What we had was always a lie

Una piadosa pero cruel mentira

A merciful, but cruel lie

Esas palabras bellas que se dicen

Those beautiful words that are said

Y dejan en el fondo cicatrices

And leave scars deep down

De pronto

Suddenly

Mi vida se llenó

My life was filled

De tu existencia

With your existence

Mi suerte se cambió

My luck changed

Con tu presencia

With your presence

Y descubrí que el mundo

And I discovered that the world

Era bello

Was beautiful

Volé por los caminos del ensueño

I flew along the paths of dreams

Y fui creyendo en ti sin sospechar

And I believed in you without suspecting

Que solo estaba frente a un profesional

That I was just facing a professional

De la mentira

Of lying

Tu vida siempre ha sido una mentira

Your life has always been a lie

Una vulgar y estúpida mentira

A vulgar and stupid lie

Y yo que me creía

And I, who thought I was

Tu destino

Your destiny

No fui

I wasn't

Si no una más en tu camino

But just one more on your way

Oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh

Me marcho

I'm leaving

Mordiéndome de rabia

Biting myself with rage

Y de tristeza

And sadness

Me guardo mis afanes

I keep my desires

De grandeza

Of grandeur

Jugué a ganar

I played to win

Y solo he conseguido

And I've only achieved

Un puesto en el reparto del olvido

A place in the distribution of oblivion

Y fui creyendo en ti sin sospechar

And I believed in you without suspecting

Que solo estaba frente a un profesional

That I was just facing a professional

De la mentira

Of lying

Ser un juguete más

Being one more toy

De tus mentiras

Of your lies

Ser un juguete más

Being one more toy

De tus mentiras

Of your lies

Tu vida siempre ha sido una mentira

Your life has always been a lie

Una vulgar y estúpida mentira

A vulgar and stupid lie

Jugué a ganar y solo he conseguido

I played to win and I've only achieved

Ser un juguete más de tus mentiras

Being one more toy of your lies

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mentira /menˈti.ɾa/ B1	noun - lie
nuestro /ˈnwes.tɾo/ A2	adjective - our
palabras /paˈla.βɾas/ A1	noun - words
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
lleno /ˈʎe.no/ A2	adjective - full
suerte /ˈsweɾ.te/ A2	noun - luck
mundo /ˈmun.do/ A1	noun - world
bello /ˈbe.ʎo/ B1	adjective - beautiful
caminos /kaˈmi.nos/ A2	noun - roads, paths
ensueño /enˈswe.ɲo/ B2	noun - dream
profesional /pɾo.fe.sjoˈnal/ B2	noun - professional adjective - professional
vulgar /bulˈɣar/ B2	adjective - vulgar
estúpida /esˈtu.pi.ða/ B1	adjective - stupid
destino /desˈti.no/ B1	noun - destiny
rabia /ˈra.βja/ B2	noun - rage, anger
tristeza /tɾisˈte.θa/ B1	noun - sadness
juguete /xuˈɣe.te/ A2	noun - toy