Un Flash – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Babasonicos
• Album: Anoche

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the evocative Spanish of Babasonicos' "Un Flash," a song that transports you into a clandestine moment of pure, ephemeral connection. Through its poetic lyrics, you can learn about expressions of intense, shared intimacy and a sense of living intensely in the present, making it a special track for feeling the nuances of romantic mystery in Spanish.

[English]

Like in a flash

Nobody's watching us around here

Like in a flash

Nobody's watching us around here

A shared web

Conspired in the darkness

A stealthy signal

One that nobody should notice

We let ourselves be swept downstream

Until the noise drowned us out and I said

"I still want to get to know you

Nobody's watching us, let's clear the place

"Just you and me"

Just you and me

Like in a flash

Nobody's watching us around here

Like in a flash

Nobody's watching us around here

A casual slave

He bathed her in a spring

Like a blade of light

My presence made her tremble

We let ourselves be swept downstream

Until the noise drowned us out and I said

"I still want to get to know you

Nobody's watching us, let's clear the place

"Just you and me"

Just you and me

Just you and me

Just you and me

Just you and me

Just you and me

Just you and me

Just you and me

Just you and me

...

[Spanish]

Como en un flash

Nadie nos mira alrededor

Como en un flash

Nadie nos mira alrededor

Una red en común

Conspiraba en la oscuridad

Sigilosa señal

La que nadie debía notar

Nos dejamos arrastrar corriente abajo

Hasta que el ruido nos tapó y le dije

"Yo te quiero conocer igual

No nos mira nadie despejemos el lugar

Sólo tú y yo"

Sólo tú y yo

Como en un flash

Nadie nos mira alrededor

Como en un flash

Nadie nos mira alrededor

Un esclavo casual

La bañaba en un manantial

Como espada de luz

Mi presencia la hizo temblar

Nos dejamos arrastrar corriente abajo

Hasta que el ruido nos tapó y le dije

"Yo te quiero conocer igual

No nos mira nadie despejemos el lugar

Sólo tú y yo"

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Sólo tú y yo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
flash /flaʃ/ B1	noun - flash
mirar /miˈɾar/ A1	verb - to look at
red /red/ B1	noun - network
conspirar /konspiˈɾar/ B2	verb - to conspire
oscuridad /oskuɾiˈðað/ B2	noun - darkness
sigiloso /siɣiˈloso/ C1	adjective - stealthy
señal /seˈɲal/ B1	noun - signal
arrastrar /arɾasˈtɾar/ B2	verb - to drag
corriente /koˈrjente/ B2	noun - current (water)
ruido /ˈruiðo/ B1	noun - noise
tapar /taˈpaɾ/ B1	verb - to cover
querer /keˈreɾ/ A1	verb - to want
conocer /konoˈseɾ/ A1	verb - to know (someone) verb - to meet
despejar /despeˈxaɾ/ B2	verb - to clear (a space)
esclavo /esˈklabo/ B2	noun - slave
bañar /baˈɲaɾ/ A2	verb - to bathe
manantial /mananˈtjal/ C1	noun - spring (water source)
espada /esˈpaða/ B2	noun - sword
luz /lus/ A1	noun - light
temblar /temˈblaɾ/ B2	verb - to tremble

Key Grammar Structures

• Como en un flash

  ➔ Comparative conjunction "como" + noun phrase (simile)

  ➔ The word "Como" introduces a simile, comparing the situation to a flash.

• Nadie nos mira alrededor

  ➔ Negative indefinite pronoun "nadie" as subject, inversion of subject‑verb order

  ➔ "Nadie" functions as the subject and appears after the verb "mira", creating an inversion for emphasis.

• Nos dejamos arrastrar corriente abajo

  ➔ Reflexive verb "dejar" + infinitive (causative construction)

  ➔ "Nos dejamos" uses the reflexive form of "dejar" followed by the infinitive "arrastrar", meaning "we let ourselves be dragged".

• Hasta que el ruido nos tapó y le dije

  ➔ Temporal conjunction "hasta que" + preterite verb, coordinating conjunction "y"

  ➔ "Hasta que" introduces a clause that marks the point in time when "el ruido" (the noise) "tapó" (covered) us, followed by "y" linking the second action "le dije".

• Yo te quiero conocer igual

  ➔ "querer" + infinitive to express desire; adverb "igual" for emphasis

  ➔ The structure "quiero conocer" uses "querer" + infinitive to mean "I want to meet"; "igual" adds the nuance "just the same / anyway".

• No nos mira nadie

  ➔ Negative clause with verb‑subject inversion; "nadie" after the verb for emphasis

  ➔ "No" negates the clause, and "nadie" follows the verb "mira" to stress that nobody looks at us.

• Sólo tú y yo

  ➔ Pronoun conjunction "tú y yo" with adverb "sólo" meaning "only"

  ➔ "Sólo" modifies the whole phrase "tú y yo", indicating that only the two of them are involved.

• Mi presencia la hizo temblar

  ➔ Causative construction "hacer + infinitive" with direct object pronoun "la"

  ➔ "hizo" (made) + "temblar" (tremble) with "la" referring to "presencia"; the speaker’s presence caused something to tremble.