SUPERPODER – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: María José Llergo

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Años y milenios tardé en entender

Years and millennia I took to understand

Que puedo ser torero, espada y toro a la vez

That I can be a bullfighter, sword and bull at the same time

Ya lo puedo ver, ya lo puedo ver

Now I can see it, now I can see it

Pura como el agua, corazón de pez

Pure as water, fish-hearted

Besada por el sol, morena de piel

Kissed by the sun, with tanned skin

Mamá llora por la noche, no sabe qué hacer

Mom cries at night, doesn’t know what to do

Ha llegao al buzón otro papel

Another letter arrived in the mailbox

No hay con qué pagar, no hay con qué comer

No way to pay, no way to eat

"Esa niña está rota, siente demasiado"

"That girl is broken, feels too much"

Murmuran los vecinos por el vecindario

Neighbors whisper around the neighborhood

Pasa la vida, pasan los años

Life passes, years go by

Ahora vuelo por el mundo, vivo en escenarios

Now I fly around the world, I perform on stages

"Esa niña está rota, siente demasiado"

"That girl is broken, feels too much"

Murmuran los vecinos por el vecindario

Neighbors whisper around the neighborhood

Pasa la vida, pasan los años

Life passes, years go by

Ahora vuelo por el mundo, vivo en escenarios

Now I fly around the world, I perform on stages

Aprendí a llorar cantando

I learned to cry while singing

Aprendí a cantar llorando

I learned to sing while crying

Juntas estamos cambiando

Together we are changing

Lo feo de este mundo malo

The ugliness of this bad world

Aprendí a llorar cantando

I learned to cry while singing

Aprendí a cantar llorando

I learned to sing while crying

Juntas estamos cambiando

Together we are changing

Lo feo de este mundo malo

The ugliness of this bad world

Superpoder (superpoder), superpoder

Superpower (superpower), superpower

Superpoder, superpoder

Superpower, superpower

Superpoder (superpoder), superpoder

Superpower (superpower), superpower

Superpoder, superpoder

Superpower, superpower

Los ceros de mi cuenta no son heredaos

The zeros in my account are not inherited

Yo sola, cantando, los he ganao

I earned them alone, singing

Soy como la amapola, morena y roja

I'm like the poppy, dark and red

No necesito a nadie, yo me cuido sola

I don’t need anyone, I take care of myself

Papá me sonríe como si nada fuera mal

Dad smiles at me as if nothing's wrong

Aunque todo esté a punto de explotar

Even though everything’s about to explode

Mientras su niña va de hospital en hospital

While his girl goes from hospital to hospital

Nunca faltó de lo que no se pue'comprar

There’s never been a lack of what can’t be bought

Por si te dijeron que no podías

Just in case they told you that you couldn’t

Por culpa del dinero y de su tiranía

Because of money and its tyranny

Pa los barrios obreros, pa mis Malvinas

For the working neighborhoods, for my Malvinas

Puedes ser lo que tú quieras, bendita tu vida

You can be whatever you want, blessed be your life

Por si te dijeron que no podías

Just in case they told you that you couldn’t

Por culpa del dinero y de su tiranía

Because of money and its tyranny

Pa los barrios obreros, pa mis Malvinas

For the working neighborhoods, for my Malvinas

Puedes ser lo que tú quieras, bendita tu vida

You can be whatever you want, blessed be your life

Aprendí a llorar cantando

I learned to cry while singing

Aprendí a cantar llorando

I learned to sing while crying

Juntas estamos cambiando

Together we are changing

Lo feo de este mundo malo

The ugliness of this bad world

Aprendí a llorar cantando

I learned to cry while singing

Aprendí a cantar llorando

I learned to sing while crying

Juntas estamos cambiando

Together we are changing

Lo feo de este mundo malo

The ugliness of this bad world

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
entender /en.tenˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to understand
ser /seɾ/ A2	verb - to be (permanent state)
poder /poˈðeɾ/ B1	verb - to be able to, can
ver /beɾ/ A2	verb - to see
temer /teˈmeɾ/ B2	verb - to shake, tremble
vivo /ˈbiβo/ A2	verb - to live
cambiar /kamˈbjaɾ/ B1	verb - to change
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to sing
llorar /ʎoˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to cry
cielo /ˈsje.lo/ A2	noun - sky
agua /ˈa.ɣwa/ A1	noun - water
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
niña /ˈni.ɲa/ A1	noun - girl
mundo /ˈmundo/ A2	noun - world

Key Grammar Structures

• Que puedo ser torero, espada y toro a la vez

  ➔ Use of 'poder' (can) + infinitive to express ability

  ➔ 'Puedo' means 'I can', followed by the infinitive 'ser' (to be) indicating ability.

• Soy como la amapola, morena y roja

  ➔ Use of 'ser' + comparison and adjectives to describe identity

  ➔ 'Soy' is the first person singular of 'ser', used here with adjectives to describe personal qualities or identity.

• Pasa la vida, pasan los años

  ➔ Use of 'pasar' in present tense to indicate ongoing passage of time

  ➔ 'Pasa' is the third person singular of 'pasar' in present tense, meaning 'passes' or 'goes by', indicating the flow of time.

• Aprendí a llorar cantando

  ➔ Use of 'aprender' in past tense + infinitive to express learned skills

  ➔ 'Aprendí' is the past tense of 'aprender' (to learn), and is followed by the infinitive 'llorar' (to cry), showing the skill learned.

• No hay con qué pagar, no hay con qué comer

  ➔ Use of 'con qué' + subjunctive to express lack of means or resources

  ➔ 'Con qué' is used with the subjunctive to indicate lack of resources or means to accomplish something.

• Puedes ser lo que tú quieras, bendita tu vida

  ➔ Use of 'puedes ser' + noun or noun phrase to express possibility or potential

  ➔ 'Puedes ser' means 'you can be', suggesting potential or ability to become something, often used positively.