Muerte – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natalia Lafourcade, Adán Jodorowsky

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rich lyrical tapestry of "Muerte" by Natalia Lafourcade and Adán Jodorowsky, a song that beautifully illustrates the Spanish perspective on life, death, and gratitude. Through its poignant words, you can explore expressions of thankfulness, rebirth, and the acceptance of life's cyclical nature, while immersing yourself in the poetic and philosophical depth of the Spanish language through a truly special and introspective musical experience.

[English]

Palm trees, sugarcane fields

The beaches of Veracruz

They set fire to the light

That I had lost in torrents

Into mineral dust

And stars I became

And the sky I discovered

Oh, it dazzles me with life

I danced so gratefully

That to God I offered my death

I danced so gratefully

That to God my death

I offered

Death, from having looked at death

Is why today I walk through life

With faith and my soul ignited

Death, from greeting death

Is why today I walk through life

With faith and my soul ignited

Death, from having looked at death

Is why today I walk through life

With faith and my soul ignited

Death, from greeting death

Is why today I cherish love

That is born in me forever

That to God I offered my death

I danced, I danced, I danced so gratefully

That to God my death

I offered

I danced, I danced, I danced, I danced so gratefully

That to God my death

I offered

To God I offered my death

[Spanish]

Palmeras, cañaverales

Las playas de Veracruz

Le dieron fuego a la luz

Que había perdido a raudales

En polvo de minerales

Y estrellas me convertí

Y el cielo que descubrí

Oh, me deslumbra de vida

Bailé tan agradecida

Que a Dios mi muerte ofrecí

Bailé tan agradecida

Que a Dios mi muerte

Le ofrecí

Muerte, de haber mirado a la muerte

Es que hoy camino la vida

Con la fe y el alma encendida

Muerte, de saludar a la muerte

Es que hoy camino la vida

Con la fe y el alma encendida

Muerte, de haber mirado a la muerte

Es que hoy camino la vida

Con la fe y el alma encendida

Muerte, de saludar a la muerte

Es que hoy valoro al amor

Que nace en mí para siempre

Que a Dios mi muerte le ofrecí

Bailé, bailé, bailé tan agradecida

Que a Dios mi muerte

Le ofrecí

Bailé, bailé, bailé, bailé tan agradecida

Que a Dios mi muerte

Le ofrecí

A Dios mi muerte le ofrecí

Key Grammar Structures

• Le dieron fuego a la luz

  ➔ Preterite tense (past simple)

  ➔ The verb 'dieron' is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Que había perdido a raudales

  ➔ Past perfect tense

  ➔ The verb 'había perdido' is in the past perfect tense, showing an action that occurred before another past action.

• Y el cielo que descubrí

  ➔ Past tense with pronoun

  ➔ The verb 'descubrí' is in the past tense, and 'que' is a relative pronoun connecting the clauses.

• Que a Dios mi muerte ofrecí

  ➔ Past tense with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The verb 'ofrecí' is in the past tense, and 'a Dios' acts as the indirect object, with 'mi muerte' as the direct object.

• Con la fe y el alma encendida

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with nouns

  ➔ The phrase 'con la fe y el alma encendida' uses the preposition 'con' to introduce nouns describing the state of the subject.

• Que nace en mí para siempre

  ➔ Present tense in subordinate clause

  ➔ The verb 'nace' is in the present tense within a subordinate clause, indicating a current or ongoing action.