Perlas Negras – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natanael Cano, Gabito Ballesteros
• Album: Porque La Demora

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Un vestido color vino, sol, arena y mar

A wine-colored dress, sun, sand and sea

Ella es tan afrodisíaca, sobrenatural

She's so aphrodisiac, supernatural

Bebió un shot pa olvidar

She drank a shot to forget

Que una vez la dejaron llorando (llorando)

That once they left her crying (crying)

Finge que no le duele

She pretends it doesn't hurt

Por eso se la lleva tomando (tomando)

That's why she keeps drinking (drinking)

Perla negra con Red Bull

Black Pearl with Red Bull

Que no falte la actitud

And don't lack the attitude

El amor, pa'l ataúd

Love, for the coffin

Pa sexy dance, se pegó un tour

For a sexy dance, she went on a spree

Sus amigas le dicen que haga una página azul

Her friends tell her to make an OnlyFans page

Pa que vea lo que perdió, oh-oh

So he can see what he lost, oh-oh

Perlas negras con Red Bull

Black Pearls with Red Bull

Que no falte la actitud

And don't lack the attitude

El amor, pa'l ataúd

Love, for the coffin

Sexy dance, se pegó un tour

For a sexy dance, she went on a spree

Sus amigas le dicen que haga una página azul

Her friends tell her to make an OnlyFans page

Pa que vea lo que perdió

So he can see what he lost

Que perdió

What he lost

Ya metida en ambiente

Once she got into the vibe

Subió una historia al Insta que se veía tan ardiente

She uploaded a story to Insta that looked so hot

Le llueven corazones, millones de pretendientes

She's showered with hearts, millions of suitors

Pero ella solamente tiene uno en la mente

But she only has one in mind

Yo sé lo que se siente

I know what it feels like

Le pediré su phone, por favor, no me paren

I'll ask for her phone, please don't stop me

Voy a dar el salto pa ver qée me sale

I'm going to take the leap to see what comes of it

Puedo ser el remedio para sus males

I can be the remedy for her troubles

Porque esta noche ella y yo somos iguales

Because tonight she and I are the same

Pues ni modo, salí rogón

Oh well, I ended up pleading

Porque sé que conmigo ella se pierde (se pierde)

Because I know that with me she loses herself (loses herself)

Se pierde

She loses herself

Como yo nadie la tocó

No one touched her the way I did

Por eso es que conmigo ella se muere, ah

That's why she's crazy about me, ah

Y aunque a veces estamos mal

And even though sometimes things are bad between us

En la cama se arregla todo

In bed everything gets fixed

Y se viene, se viene

And she comes, she comes

Si con otra me va a mirar

If you're going to be with someone else

Tú bien sabes que no es real

You know full well that it's not real

Tranqui, baby (tranqui, baby), tranqui, baby

Chill, baby (chill, baby), chill, baby

Bebió un shot pa olvidar

She drank a shot to forget

Que una vez la dejaron llorando (llorando)

That once they left her crying (crying)

Finge que no le duele

She pretends it doesn't hurt

Por eso se la lleva tomando (tomando)

That's why she keeps drinking (drinking)

Perla negra con Red Bull

Black Pearls with Red Bull

Que no falte la actitud

And don't lack the attitude

El amor, pa'l ataúd

Love, for the coffin

Sexy dance, se pegó un tour

For a sexy dance, she went on a spree

Sus amigas le dicen que haga una página azul

Her friends tell her to make an OnlyFans page

Pa que vea lo que perdió, oh-oh

So he can see what he lost, oh-oh

Perlas negras con Red Bull

Black Pearls with Red Bull

Que no falte la actitud

And don't lack the attitude

El amor, pa'l ataúd

Love, for the coffin

Sexy dance se pegó un tour

For a sexy dance, she went on a spree

Sus amigas le dicen que haga una página azul (azul)

Her friends tell her to make an OnlyFans page (page)

Pa que vea lo que perdió

So he can see what he lost

Que perdió

What he lost

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
perla /ˈpeɾla/ A2	noun - pearl
negra /ˈneɣɾa/ A1	adjective - black (feminine)
olvidar /olbiˈðar/ A1	verb - to forget
llorar /ʎoˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to cry
actitud /aktiˈtuð/ B1	noun - attitude
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
ataúd /ataˈuð/ C1	noun - coffin
perder /peɾˈðeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose; to cease to have or retain (something) verb - to get lost (pronominal)
ardiente /aɾˈðjente/ B2	adjective - burning, fiery adjective - passionate, hot (sexually attractive)
pretendiente /pɾetenˈðjente/ B2	noun - suitor, pretender
mente /ˈmente/ A2	noun - mind
remedio /reˈmeðjo/ B1	noun - remedy, solution
mal /mal/ A1	adjective - bad noun - evil, harm, trouble, ailment
rogón /roˈɣon/ C1	adjective - pleading, begging (colloquial, for attention/affection)
tocar /toˈkaɾ/ A1	verb - to touch; to come into physical contact with verb - to play (an instrument); to be one's turn
morir /moˈɾiɾ/ A2	verb - to die; to cease to live verb - to be crazy about (figurative); to be dying (e.g., of laughter)
cama /ˈkama/ A1	noun - bed
arreglar /areˈɣlaɾ/ A2	verb - to fix, to mend, to repair verb - to sort out, to settle (a situation)
real /reˈal/ A1	adjective - real
tranqui /ˈtɾaŋki/ A2	adjective - calm, relaxed, chill (colloquial, short for 'tranquilo/a')

Key Grammar Structures

• Bebió un shot pa olvidar

  ➔ Informal "pa" (para) + infinitive for purpose.

  ➔ "pa" is a common colloquial shortening of "para" (in order to, to) followed by an infinitive verb, indicating the purpose of an action. Here, it means "to forget."

• Que una vez la dejaron llorando (llorando)

  ➔ Verb "dejar" + gerund.

  ➔ The structure "dejar + gerund" (e.g., "dejaron llorando") is used to express that someone was left in a particular continuous state or performing an action. It emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action at that moment in the past.

• Por eso se la lleva tomando (tomando)

  ➔ Reflexive verb "llevarse" + gerund.

  ➔ The expression "llevarse + gerund" (e.g., "se la lleva tomando") implies a continuous, habitual, or prolonged action. The direct object pronoun "la" refers to "ella" (the girl) being in that state.

• Sus amigas le dicen que haga una página azul

  ➔ Verb of influence/recommendation ("decir") + "que" + subjunctive.

  ➔ When verbs like "decir" (to tell/say) are used to make a suggestion, request, or indirect command, they are followed by "que" and the subjunctive mood in the dependent clause. "haga" is the present subjunctive of "hacer" (to make).

• Pa que vea lo que perdió

  ➔ Informal "pa que" (para que) + subjunctive.

  ➔ "Pa que" (a colloquial shortening of "para que") introduces a purpose clause. When the subject of the main clause is different from the subject of the purpose clause, the verb in the purpose clause is in the subjunctive mood ("vea" is the present subjunctive of "ver").

• Le llueven corazones, millones de pretendientes

  ➔ Impersonal verb "llover" used figuratively.

  ➔ While "llover" literally means "to rain," it's used here impersonally and figuratively (similar to "corazones le caen como lluvia") to convey that a large number of "hearts" (likes, affections, admirers) are "raining" or coming to her. The object "corazones" acts as the subject of "llueven."

• por favor, no me paren

  ➔ Negative imperative + object pronoun.

  ➔ "No me paren" is a negative command (imperative) directed at "ustedes" (you all, implied). The object pronoun "me" (me) is placed before the conjugated verb in negative imperatives. "Paren" is the negative imperative form of "parar" (to stop).

• En la cama se arregla todo

  ➔ Impersonal "se" (or passive "se").

  ➔ The impersonal "se" construction (e.g., "se arregla") is used when the agent performing the action is not specified or is generalized. It often translates to a passive voice in English ("everything is fixed") or an impersonal "one fixes" / "they fix."

• Pues ni modo, salí rogón

  ➔ Verb "salir" + adjective/noun (to turn out, to end up).

  ➔ The verb "salir" can mean "to go out," but also "to turn out" or "to end up" in a certain state or condition. Here, "salí rogón" means "I ended up being a beggar/pleader," describing the speaker's state after an action.

• Y se viene, se viene

  ➔ Idiomatic use of the reflexive verb "venirse".

  ➔ While "venirse" can literally mean "to come," in a sexual or highly emotional context, it idiomatically means "to orgasm" or to be overwhelmed by emotion. In this song, it's used with a double entendre implying sexual climax.