Murciélago – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Porter
• Album: Moctezuma

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the ethereal world of Porter with 'Murciélago'. This song is a fantastic way to learn poetic and metaphorical Spanish, offering a glimpse into how abstract imagery is used to describe internal emotions and sensory experiences.

[English]

Oh, it's so hot!

I want to throw up this pain, this pain

I'm exhausted from this long journey

(Oaaah, ooooh)

I'm going (going) to fly (to fly)

With the sacred bird

Guide me, Quetzal

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Take me to the end

Oe-oh, oh-oh

...

Go out to the sea, I beg you

The ancestors had seen it

They don't come in peace, screams can be heard

There are three ships, they bring Christ

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

...

Guide me, Quetzal

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Take me to the end

Oe-oh, ooh

...

Go out to the sea, I beg you

There are three ships, they bring Christ

They don't come in peace, screams can be heard

The ancestors had seen it

Take me to the end

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Take me to the end

Oe-oh, ooh

...

[Spanish]

¡Ay, qué calor!

Quiero vomitar este dolor, este dolor

Cansado voy de este caminar tan largo

(Oaaah, ooooh)

Voy (voy) a volar (a volar)

Con el ave sagrada

Guíame, Quetzal

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Viájame al final

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Salgan al mar, les suplico

Los abuelos lo habían visto

No vienen en paz, se oyen gritos

Hay tres naves, traen a Cristo

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Guíame, Quetzal

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Viájame al final

Oe-oh, ooh

Salgan al mar, les suplico

Hay tres naves, traen a Cristo

No vienen en paz, se oyen gritos

Los abuelos lo habían visto

Viájame al final

Oe-oh, oh-oh

Viájame al final

Oe-oh, ooh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
calor ka-lor A1	noun - heat
vomitar bo-mi-tar B2	verb - to throw up
dolor do-lor A2	noun - pain
cansado kan-sa-do A1	adjective - tired
caminar ka-mi-nar A1	verb - to walk
largo lar-go A1	adjective - long
volar bo-lar A2	verb - to fly
ave a-be A2	noun - bird
sagrada sa-gra-da B1	adjective - sacred
guiar gi-ar B1	verb - to guide
suplico su-pli-ko C1	verb - I beg
abuelos a-bue-los A1	noun - grandparents
naves na-bes B1	noun - ships / spacecraft
gritos gri-tos A2	noun - shouts

Key Grammar Structures

• Quiero vomitar este dolor

  ➔ Verb + infinitive structure

  ➔ "Quiero" (I want) is followed directly by the infinitive "vomitar" to express desire.

• Cansado voy de este caminar tan largo

  ➔ Present participle/Gerund used as a noun

  ➔ The infinitive "caminar" (to walk) functions here as a noun phrase modified by "tan largo".

• Voy a volar

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ Used to express an imminent action: "Voy a" indicates the subject is about to perform the action.

• Guíame, Quetzal

  ➔ Imperative mood (Tú form)

  ➔ The verb "guiar" is conjugated in the imperative "guía" + pronoun "me" attached to the end.

• Salgan al mar

  ➔ Imperative mood (Ustedes form)

  ➔ "Salgan" is the command form of "salir" addressed to a plural audience (ustedes).

• Los abuelos lo habían visto

  ➔ Past perfect indicative (Pluscuamperfecto)

  ➔ Used to describe an action that happened before another past point: "habían visto".

• No vienen en paz

  ➔ Present tense indicative (Negation)

  ➔ "No" precedes the verb "vienen" to negate the sentence.

• Traen a Cristo

  ➔ Personal 'a' usage

  ➔ The preposition "a" is used because the direct object "Cristo" is a specific person.