Moscas En La Casa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Shakira
• Album: Dónde Están los Ladrones?

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the raw emotion of Shakira’s "Moscas En La Casa" – a powerful Latin pop ballad perfect for Spanish language learners. This song offers rich, poetic vocabulary and expressions of heartbreak and longing, providing an authentic window into how feelings are conveyed in Spanish music. Its clear articulation and evocative lyrics make it a special and accessible tool for enhancing your listening comprehension and expanding your emotional lexicon in Spanish.

[English]

My days without you are so dark

So long, so gray, my days without you

My days without you are so absurd

So bitter, so harsh, my days without you

My days without you have no nights

If any night appears, it's useless to sleep

My days without you are a waste

Hours have no beginning or end

So breathless

So full of nothing

Useless scrap, trash on the ground, oh-oh-oh

Flies in the house

My days without you are like a sky

Without silver moons or traces of sun

My days without you are just an echo

That always repeats the same song

So breathless

So full of nothing

Useless scrap, trash on the ground, oh-oh-oh

Flies in the house

Pushing stones, still waiting for you to come back to me

Still searching in the faces of old men for pieces of the child

Hunting for reasons to make me believe I’m still alive

Biting my nails, drowning in tears, missing you so much

My days without you

My days without you

My days without you

How it hurts to be without you

Without you

Without you

And, and, and, and

...

[Spanish]

Mis días sin ti son tan oscuros

Tan largos, tan grises, mis días sin ti

Mis días sin ti son tan absurdos

Tan agrios, tan duros, mis días sin ti

Mis días sin ti no tienen noches

Si alguna aparece, es inútil dormir

Mis días sin ti son un derroche

Las horas no tienen principio ni fin

Tan faltos de aire

Tan llenos de nada

Chatarra inservible, basura en el suelo, oh-oh-oh

Moscas en la casa

Mis días sin ti son como un cielo

Sin lunas plateadas ni rastros de sol

Mis días sin ti son solo un eco

Que siempre repite la misma canción

Tan faltos de aire

Tan llenos de nada

Chatarra inservible, basura en el suelo, oh-oh-oh

Moscas en la casa

Pateando las piedras, aún sigo esperando que vuelvas conmigo

Aún sigo buscando en las caras de ancianos pedazos de niño

Cazando motivos que me hagan creer que aún me encuentro con vida

Mordiendo mis uñas, ahogándome en llanto, extrañándote tanto

Mis días sin ti

Mis días sin ti

Mis días sin ti

Cómo duelen los días sin ti

Sin ti

Sin ti

Y, y, y, y

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
oscuros /osˈku.ɾos/ B1	adjective - dark
largos /ˈlaɾ.ɣos/ A2	adjective - long
grises /ˈɡɾi.ses/ B1	adjective - gray
absurdos /apˈsur.ðos/ B2	adjective - absurd
agrios /ˈa.ɣɾjos/ B2	adjective - sour
duros /ˈdu.ɾos/ A2	adjective - hard
noches /ˈno.t͡ʃes/ A1	noun - nights
dormir /dorˈmiɾ/ A1	verb - to sleep
derroche /deˈro.t͡ʃe/ C1	noun - waste
faltos /ˈfal.tos/ B2	adjective - lacking
llenos /ˈʝe.nos/ A2	adjective - full
chatarra /t͡ʃaˈta.ra/ B2	noun - junk
basura /baˈsu.ɾa/ A2	noun - garbage
suelo /ˈswe.lo/ A1	noun - ground
Moscas /ˈmos.kas/ A2	noun - flies
casa /ˈka.sa/ A1	noun - house
cielo /ˈθje.lo/ A1	noun - sky
lunas /ˈlu.nas/ A1	noun - moons
plateadas /plaˈte.a.ðas/ B2	adjective - silver
echo /ˈe.ko/ B1	noun - echo
repitiendo /re.piˈtjen.do/ B1	verb - repeating
piedras /ˈpje.ðɾas/ A2	noun - stones
esperando /es.peˈɾan.do/ A2	verb - waiting
ancianos /anˈθja.nos/ A2	noun - old people
pedazos /peˈða.sos/ B1	noun - pieces
niño /ˈni.ɲo/ A1	noun - child
caras /ˈka.ɾas/ A1	noun - faces
cazando /kaˈθan.do/ B2	verb - hunting
motivos /moˈti.βos/ B1	noun - reasons
creer /kɾeˈeɾ/ A2	verb - to believe
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
mordiendo /morˈdjen.do/ B2	verb - biting
uñas /ˈu.ɲas/ A2	noun - nails
ahogándome /a.oˈɣan.do.me/ C1	verb - drowning
llanto /ˈʎan.to/ B1	noun - weeping
doler /doˈleɾ/ A2	verb - to hurt

Key Grammar Structures

• Mis días sin ti son tan oscuros

  ➔ Use of the verb 'ser' in the third person singular to describe characteristic or state

  ➔ The verb 'ser' is used to express the nature or essential characteristic of 'mis días'

• Tan largos, tan grises, mis días sin ti

  ➔ Use of 'tan' + adjective to compare degree of qualities

  ➔ 'tan' is used with adjectives to intensify or compare qualities

• Mis días sin ti no tienen noches

  ➔ Use of the verb 'tener' in third person to express possession or existence

  ➔ The verb 'tener' indicates possession or existence of 'noches' (nights)

• Las horas no tienen principio ni fin

  ➔ Use of 'tener' in third person to express that hours lack a beginning or end

  ➔ 'tener' describes that the 'horas' lack a 'principio' (beginning) and 'fin' (end)

• Mis días sin ti no tienen noches

  ➔ Repetition emphasizing the statement using the negative form with 'no' and 'tener'

  ➔ The phrase emphasizes the absence of nights in 'mis días sin ti' by repeating the negation