RACAT – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Marilina Bertoldi
• Album: PRENDER UN FUEGO

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Me fui muy lejos

I went very far

Muy, muy lejos de mi casa

Very, very far from my home

Es que, es que, eh

It's just, it's just, eh

Te prendes fuego contestando mis llamadas

You catch fire answering my calls

Cada minuto que pasamos a distancia

Every minute we spend apart

Me-me-me-me-me-me desespera

It-it-it-it-it-it drives me crazy

Quiero verte entre mis sábanas

I want to see you between my sheets

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¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

Así, así no me interesa

This, this doesn't interest me

Ves que así no, no me inte-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-resa

You see that this doesn't, doesn't in-te-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-st me

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¿De qué me sirve contemplarte si no hay charla? (¿qué?, ¿qué?)

What good is it to contemplate you if there's no conversation? (what?, what?)

¿Porque, porque es que me respondes siempre a las seis de la mañana?

Because, why do you always answer me at six in the morning?

No sé

I don't know

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

Así, así no me interesa

This, this doesn't interest me

Ves que así no, no me inte-re-re

You see that this doesn't, doesn't in-te-re-re

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

Así, así no me interesa

This, this doesn't interest me

Ves que así no, no me inte-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-resa

You see that this doesn't, doesn't in-te-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-st me

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fui /fwi/ A1	verb - I went (past tense of 'ir')
lejos /ˈle.xos/ A2	adverb - far
casa /ˈka.sa/ A1	noun - house
prendes /ˈpɾen.des/ B1	verb - you turn on, you light (from 'prender')
fuego /ˈfwe.ɣo/ A2	noun - fire
llamadas /ʝaˈma.ðas/ B1	noun - calls
minuto /miˈnu.to/ A1	noun - minute
pasamos /paˈsa.mos/ A2	verb - we spend, we pass
distancia /disˈtan.sja/ B1	noun - distance
desespera /de.se.speˈɾa/ B2	verb - it makes (me) despair
quiero /ˈkje.ɾo/ A1	verb - I want
verte /ˈbeɾ.te/ A2	verb - to see you
sábanas /ˈsa.βa.nas/ A2	noun - sheets
interesa /in.teˈɾe.sa/ B1	verb - it interests
sirve /ˈsiɾ.βe/ A2	verb - it's useful, it serves
contemplarte /kon.temˈplaɾ.te/ B2	verb - to contemplate you
charla /ˈt͡ʃaɾ.la/ B1	noun - chat, conversation
respondes /resˈpon.des/ A2	verb - you respond
mañana /maˈɲa.na/ A1	noun - morning

Key Grammar Structures

• Me fui muy lejos de mi casa

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'irse' indicating completed past action

  ➔ The use of 'fui' (I went) is the simple past form of 'ir', showing a completed action.

• Es que, es que, eh

  ➔ Repetitive phrase emphasizing hesitation or filler, expressing thought process

  ➔ This interjection or filler phrase helps convey hesitation or thought pauses.

• ¿Ves que así no me interesa?

  ➔ Use of 'que' as a conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause expressing opinion or realization

  ➔ The conjunction 'que' introduces a subordinate clause, here expressing a realization or statement regarding interest.

• ¿De qué me sirve contemplarte si no hay charla?

  ➔ Use of '¿de qué?' to ask 'what' in rhetorical questions, combined with conditional 'si' clause

  ➔ The expression '¿de qué me sirve?' is a rhetorical question asking about the usefulness or purpose of an action.

• Ves que así no, no me interesa

  ➔ The phrase 'así no' uses a demonstrative 'así' (like that) with negation for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase 'así no' emphasizes that a situation or condition is not acceptable or desired.

• Ves que así no, no me, interes-a

  ➔ Verb 'interesar' conjugated in the third person singular, with accentuation on 'a' to mark the infinitive in certain contexts

  ➔ The verb 'interesar' is conjugated in the third person singular (interesa), with an emphasis on the ending 'a' as part of the infinitive or expressive pronunciation.