MOÑOS NEGROS – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: LOS DOS CARNALES

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt story behind "Moños Negros" by Los Dos Carnales. This song delves into themes of life, loss, and the poignant realization of how often true appreciation only surfaces after someone is gone. Through its powerful lyrics and traditional Mexican regional sound, it offers a deep reflection on human relationships and the importance of valuing people while they are still with us.

[English]

Why only after?

Why when I was there did they say nothing about what they see?

Why didn't they write everything that I can't read now?

Why didn't they say how much they loved me? I ask: "Why?"

Why only after?

They had me close and no one gave the hug I needed

They saw me down and I always got up as best as I could

There weren't a thousand friends or photographs that they didn't post

Until I was gone

...

I don't understand why

Only when you leave do they say they love you with sincere love

They speak well of you, asking: "Why did it happen? You were so good"

When one is here, many didn't even receive "good mornings"

And I don't understand why

Only when you leave do a thousand words come out that never came out

There are plenty of black bows and photographs, everyone is saying

How much they loved you, that they miss you

And that you went to heaven

...

Today you live and no one gives you a hug

If tomorrow you die

And no one wants to let you go

Just pure two carnales

...

Why only after?

They had me close and no one gave the hug I needed

They saw me down and I always got up as best as I could

There weren't a thousand friends or photographs that they didn't post

Until I was gone

...

And I don't understand why

Only when you leave do they say they love you with sincere love

They speak well of you, asking: "Why did it happen? You were so good"

When one is here, many didn't even receive "good mornings"

And I don't understand why

Only when you leave do a thousand words come out that never came out

There are plenty of black bows and photographs, everyone is saying

How much they loved you, that they miss you

And that you went to heaven

...

[Spanish]

¿Por qué hasta después?

¿Por qué cuando estuve no dijeron nada de lo que se ve?

¿Por qué no escribieron todo lo que ahora no puedo leer?

¿Por qué no dijeron cuanto me querían? pregunto: "¿por qué?"

¿Por qué hasta después?

Me tuvieron cerca y nadie dio el abrazo que necesité

Me vieron pa' bajo y siempre como pude yo me levanté

No hubo mil amigos ni fotografías, que no publicaron

Hasta que falté

Yo no entiendo por qué

Hasta que te vas te dicen querer con amor sincero

Hablan bien de ti, que: "¿por qué pasó?, si tú eras tan bueno"

Cuando uno está aquí ni los "buenos días" muchos recibieron

Y yo no entiendo por qué

Hasta que te vas salen mil palabras que nunca salieron

Abundan moños negros y fotografías, todos van diciendo

Cuánto te querían, que les haces falta

Y que te fuiste al cielo

Hoy vives y nadie te da un abrazo

Si mañana mueres

Y nadie quiere soltarte

Puro dos carnales

¿Por qué hasta después?

Me tuvieron cerca y nadie dio el abrazo que necesité

Me vieron pa' bajo y siempre como pude yo me levanté

No hubo mil amigos ni fotografías, que no publicaron

Hasta que falté

Y yo no entiendo por qué

Hasta que te vas te dicen querer con amor sincero

Hablan bien de ti, que: "¿por qué pasó?, si tú eras tan bueno"

Cuando uno está aquí ni los "buenos días" muchos recibieron

Y yo no entiendo por qué

Hasta que te vas salen mil palabras que nunca salieron

Abundan moños negros y fotografías, todos van diciendo

Cuánto te querían, que les haces falta

Y que te fuiste al cielo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
necesité /ne.se.siˈte/ B1	verb - I needed
abrazo /aˈβɾaso/ A2	noun - hug
amigos /aˈmiɣos/ A1	noun - friends
fotografías /foto.ɣɾaˈfi.as/ A2	noun - photographs
falté /falˈte/ B1	verb - I was missing
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
bueno /ˈbweno/ A1	adjective - good
días /ˈdi.as/ A1	noun - days
palabras /paˈla.βɾas/ A2	noun - words
moños /ˈmoɲos/ B1	noun - bows
negros /ˈne.ɣɾos/ A1	adjective - black
cielo /ˈθje.lo/ A2	noun - sky, heaven
mueres /ˈmwe.ɾes/ A2	verb - you die
duele /ˈdwe.le/ B1	verb - it hurts
falta /ˈfal.ta/ A2	noun - lack

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Por qué hasta después?

  ➔ Interrogative structure for asking reasons.

  ➔ The phrase starts with '¿Por qué', which means 'Why', indicating a question about timing.

• Me tuvieron cerca y nadie dio el abrazo que necesité.

  ➔ Past tense to describe completed actions.

  ➔ The use of 'tuvieron' (they had) and 'dio' (gave) indicates actions that occurred in the past.

• Hasta que falté.

  ➔ Use of conjunction 'hasta que' to indicate a condition.

  ➔ 'Hasta que' means 'until', indicating a point in time when something happened.

• Hasta que te vas salen mil palabras que nunca salieron.

  ➔ Use of subjunctive mood to express doubt or uncertainty.

  ➔ The phrase 'salen mil palabras' (a thousand words come out) uses the subjunctive to express the idea that these words only appear after the person is gone.

• Cuánto te querían, que les haces falta.

  ➔ Use of indirect speech to convey reported thoughts or feelings.

  ➔ The phrase 'Cuánto te querían' (How much they loved you) reflects what others say about the person after they are gone.

• Hoy vives y nadie te da un abrazo.

  ➔ Present tense to describe current situations.

  ➔ The phrase 'Hoy vives' (Today you live) indicates the current state of being.

• Si mañana mueres y nadie quiere soltarte.

  ➔ Conditional sentences to express hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The phrase 'Si mañana mueres' (If you die tomorrow) sets up a hypothetical scenario.