México Bárbaro – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: TRANSMETAL
• Album: MÉXICO BÁRBARO

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Época grotesca, mentiras, corrupción

Grotesque era, lies, corruption

Signos de pobreza, formas del dolor

Signs of poverty, forms of pain

La sangre inútil manchando

Useless blood staining

Visiones que contradicen al dios

Visions that contradict God

Devastador efecto en indigentes

Devastating effect on the homeless

Muertos en la viscosa clase baja

Dead in the viscous lower class

Excesivo dolor

Excessive pain

México Bárbaro

Barbaric Mexico

Sangre y desolación

Blood and desolation

México Bárbaro

Barbaric Mexico

En lo más alto del conflicto

At the height of the conflict

Se contagia infame miseria

Infamous misery spreads

Los cerdos se bastan a sí mismos

The pigs are self-sufficient

Con necia hipocresía y estupidez

With stubborn hypocrisy and stupidity

Cada vida es un lamento

Every life is a lament

Que se extingue miserablemente

That dies miserably

Excesivo dolor

Excessive pain

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México Bárbaro

Barbaric Mexico

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Sangre y desolación

Blood and desolation

México Bárbaro

Barbaric Mexico

México... Bárbaro...

Mexico... Barbaric...

México... Bárbaro...

Mexico... Barbaric...

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Excesivo dolor

Excessive pain

México Bárbaro

Barbaric Mexico

Sangre y desolación

Blood and desolation

México Bárbaro

Barbaric Mexico

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
época /ˈepoka/ B1	noun - era, period
mentiras /menˈtiɾas/ B1	noun - lies
corrupción /koɾupˈsjon/ B2	noun - corruption
pobreza /poˈβɾeθa/ B1	noun - poverty
sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ A2	noun - blood
desolación /desolaˈsjon/ B2	noun - desolation
conflicto /konˈflikto/ B1	noun - conflict
miseria /miˈseɾja/ B2	noun - misery
estupidez /estupiˈðes/ B2	noun - stupidity
vida /ˈβiða/ A1	noun - life
lamento /laˈmento/ B1	noun - lament
extinguir /eks.tinˈɡiɾ/ B2	verb - to extinguish
infame /inˈfame/ B2	adjective - infamous
bárbaro /ˈbaɾβaɾo/ B2	adjective - barbaric, savage

Key Grammar Structures

• Signos de pobreza, formas del dolor

  ➔ Use of 'de' to indicate possession or description

  ➔ The phrase 'Signos de pobreza' indicates 'signs of poverty' using 'de' to connect the noun and its characteristic.

• Se contagia infame miseria

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'se contagia' indicates that the subject infects itself or is affected

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun 'se' shows that the action 'contagiar' (to infect) affects the subject itself.

• Cada vida es un lamento

  ➔ Use of 'es' (to be) to equate 'cada vida' with 'un lamento'

  ➔ 'Es' is a form of the verb 'ser' (to be) used here to equate a life with a lament, emphasizing identity or essence.

• Excesivo dolor

  ➔ Use of adjective 'excesivo' and noun 'dolor' to create a noun phrase describing extreme pain

  ➔ 'Excesivo' is an adjective meaning 'excessive', and 'dolor' means 'pain', together forming a phrase that emphasizes extreme suffering.

• Se contradicen al dios

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'se contradicen' to indicate that they contradict each other

  ➔ The reflexive 'se contradicen' shows that the subject and others are in opposition or contradiction with each other.

• Se bástan a sí mismos

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'se bastan' to indicate they rely on themselves

  ➔ The reflexive 'se bastan' shows that they are self-sufficient or depend solely on themselves.