tumbas de insomnio – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: TRANSMETAL
• Album: Las alas del emperador

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of the Spanish language through Transmetal's haunting song, "Tumbas de Insomnio." Experience how the lyrics vividly depict themes of fear, despair, and the torment of sleeplessness, offering a unique perspective on intense emotions and dark imagery.

[English]

With sick frenzy

Your grave is burning

Where light never shined

Your insomnia in darkness

You smell the scents

Of fear and dread

Only horror prevails

In your crypt of disappointment

Rubble of death

Carved with pain

Sado desires

That burst outward

Clouds of black ink

Cast waves of anger

How much desolation

Your inner self shouts

Clouds of black ink

Cast waves of anger

How much desolation

Your inner self shouts

Sinister hands of murderer

Tear faces in faint light

Distant voices whisper names

Of those fallen in perdition

Close the curtains of your insomnia

And let someone reach the distance

You are buried inside...

In those graves that still sleep

...

[Spanish]

Con enfermo frenesí

Ardiendo está tu tumba

Donde la luz nunca iluminó

Tu insomnio en penumbra

Hueles los aromas

Del miedo y pavor

Prevalece sólo el horror

En tu cripta de decepción

Escombros de muerte

Tallados con dolor

Sádicos deseos

Que brotan al exterior

Nubes de tinta negra

Arrojan penas de ira

Cuanta desolación

Exclama tu interior

Nubes de tinta negra

Arrojan penas de ira

Cuanta desolación

Exclama tu interior

Siniestras manos de homicida

Desgarran caras en la tenue luz

Voces distantes murmuran nombres

De aquellos caídos en la perdición

Cierra las cortinas de tu insomnio

Y deja a alguien alcanzar la lejanía

Tú estás enterrado dentro...

En esas tumbas sin dormir todavía

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tumba /ˈtum.ba/ A2	noun - grave
insomnio /inˈsom.njo/ B1	noun - insomnia
horror /ˈhɔr.ər/ B2	noun - a strong feeling of fear or shock
dolor /doˈlor/ B1	noun - pain
desolación /deso.laˈθjon/ B2	noun - desolation
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
caras /ˈka.ras/ A1	noun - faces
nubes /ˈnu.βes/ A1	noun - clouds
deseos /deˈse.os/ A2	noun - desires
exterior /eksˈte.ri.or/ B1	adjective - outer
caídos /kaˈi.ðos/ B2	adjective - fallen
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
ira /ˈi.ra/ B1	noun - anger
manos /ˈma.nos/ A1	noun - hands
nombres /ˈnom.bres/ A2	noun - names
perdición /peɾ.ðiˈsjon/ B2	noun - ruin

Key Grammar Structures

• Con enfermo frenesí

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating 'with' or 'having' a condition

  ➔ Uses the preposition 'con' to introduce a phrase describing a mental or emotional state.

• Ardiendo está tu tumba

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement with 'está' (third person singular)

  ➔ The verb 'está' (is) agrees with the singular noun 'tu tumba' (your tomb).

• Nubes de tinta negra

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'de' indicating 'of' or possessive relationship

  ➔ The phrase 'de tinta negra' describes the type of 'nubes' (clouds).

• Cierra las cortinas de tu insomnio

  ➔ Imperative verb 'cierra' used to give a command or instruction

  ➔ The form 'cierra' is an imperative imperative of 'cerrar' (to close).

• Tú estás enterrado dentro

  ➔ Present tense of 'estar' (to be) in second person singular + passive participle

  ➔ Combines 'estás' (you are) with the past participle 'enterrado' (buried) to form passive or descriptive statement.

• En esas tumbas sin dormir todavía

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating location with time adverb 'todavía' (still)

  ➔ The phrase 'En esas tumbas sin dormir todavía' describes the location and state, emphasizing that they are still in the tombs.