Verde Más Allá – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Jenny and The Mexicats
• Album: Starting Something

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of 'Verde Más Allá' to master conversational Spanish and modern lyrical expressions. This song is a perfect gateway for learners to experience how contemporary artists use language to blend emotional depth with infectious indie pop beats.

[English]

234

coast, coast

a

she doesn't like to work, what she

likes is to dance, moving her hips

she always goes with her caguana

and when she decides to go into perfumes

Buenos Aires, to fly

can you imagine what's going on under her skirt

and

as for me, I am

it ends up happening

guided by the light

escaping

nothing is said

I went to the santería

and now I am yielding

green beyond

[Music]

call me

[Music]

she doesn't like to work, what she

likes is to dance, moving her hips

she always goes with her caguana

and when she decides to work

Buenos Aires—to fly

images as they go

under her skirt

and

I

ends up appearing

guided by the moon

escaping

I don't know and

I always went to

and now I am laughing

the green beyond

e

[Music]

she doesn't like to work, and even now

she works, she doesn't like it, she didn't like it, she

she doesn't like it

and she still doesn't like it

she doesn't like it, she likes to work

for

for Panama, to go down to parliament

to bring her down, to be the god of the

burn

of wood

[Music]

[Laughter]

[Music]

[Laughter]

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[Laughter]

[Music]

[Spanish]

234

costa costa

a

ella no le gusta trabajar lo que le

gusta es bailar moviendo las caderas

siempre va con su cagüán

y cuando se decide entrar a perfumes

buenos aires volar

imaginas la que se va más bajo su falda

y

yo que estoy

llega a pasar

guiada por la luz

escapando

no se dice nada

me fui santería

y ahora estoy rindiendo

verde más allá

[Música]

llámame

[Música]

a ella no le gusta trabajar lo que le

gusta es bailar moviendo las caderas

siempre va con su caguana

y cuando se decide trabajar

buenos aires- volar

imágenes ya que se van

bajo su falda

y

yo

llega a aparecer

guiada por la luna

escapándome

no sé y

me fui siempre a

y ahora estoy riendo

el verde más allá

e

[Música]

ella no le gusta trabajar y aún ahora

trabaja ella no le gusta no le gustaba a

ella no le gusta

y aún no le gusta

ella no le gusta que le gusta trabajar

para

para panamá para bajar al parlamento

para bajarla para ser el dios de la

quema

de madera

[Música]

[Risas]

[Música]

[Risas]

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[Risas]

[Música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trabajar tra-ba-har A1	verb - to work
bailar bai-lar A1	verb - to dance
caderas ka-de-ras A2	noun - hips
falda fal-da A1	noun - skirt
volar bo-lar A2	verb - to fly
guiada gi-a-da B1	adjective - guided
luna lu-na A1	noun - moon
escapando es-ka-pan-do A2	verb - escaping
riendo rien-do A1	verb - laughing
verde ber-de A1	adjective - green
allá a-ya A1	adjective - over there
perfumes per-fu-mes A2	noun - perfumes
santería san-te-ri-a B2	noun - Santeria
madera ma-de-ra A2	noun - wood
dios dios A1	noun - god

Key Grammar Structures

• A ella no le gusta trabajar

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun + Gustar verb structure

  ➔ The verb "gusta" requires the indirect object pronoun "le" to indicate who is experiencing the feeling.

• lo que le gusta es bailar

  ➔ Relative clause with 'lo que' (what/that which)

  ➔ Use "lo que" as a neuter relative pronoun to represent an abstract concept or action.

• moviendo las caderas

  ➔ Gerund (-ando/-iendo) used as an adverbial modifier

  ➔ The gerund "moviendo" describes the manner in which the subject dances.

• cuando se decide entrar

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'decidirse a' + infinitive

  ➔ "Decidirse" adds a nuance of making up one's mind or finally resolving to do something.

• estoy rindiendo

  ➔ Present progressive (Estar + Gerund)

  ➔ Use "estoy rindiendo" to emphasize that the action is happening at the moment.

• me fui santería

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'ir'

  ➔ "Me fui" indicates a completed action in the past, often implying leaving a place.

• a ella no le gusta que le gusta trabajar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood potential/repetition for emphasis

  ➔ Repetition of "le gusta" serves to emphasize the contradiction or the subject's habits.

• ella no le gusta trabajar

  ➔ Colloquial structure with redundant direct/indirect pronouns

  ➔ Using "ella" alongside "le" is a common Spanish feature called 'clitic doubling' for emphasis.