Antes de Huir – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natalia Lafourcade
• Album: Hasta la Raíz

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic beauty of Spanish with 'Antes de Huir.' This song is a perfect example of how to express complex emotions and fragility in Spanish, offering learners a chance to study evocative vocabulary and the soft, rhythmic cadence of Natalia Lafourcade's songwriting.

[English]

♪ (NATALIA LAFOURCADE - BEFORE RUNNING AWAY) ♪

♪ I look for flashes of light that can make me return ♪

♪ I look for traces of footprints underneath the branches too ♪

♪ I want to sing melodies so that my being may find relief ♪

♪ I want the clock by my side and to feel that it stopped running ♪

♪ I have a pain in my chest that I couldn't describe to you ♪

♪ I have a fear in my body that kept me from feeling ♪

♪ I forgot how to be more alert while walking ♪

♪ To notice the details that make you truly cry ♪

♪ I'm going to change, I'm going to change seasons ♪

♪ I am going to explore winters deep inside ♪

♪ Before running away, let's analyze what happened to us ♪

♪ Why did it fade, the inertia keeps pushing me into this corner ♪

♪ Before running away, let's analyze what happened to us ♪

♪ Why did it fade, the unconsciousness keeps trapping me in this corner ♪

♪ I pray at night the verses that ask you to come back to me ♪

♪ I pray by day to find the motive that exists in my existence ♪

♪ I want to sing melodies so that my being may be healed ♪

♪ From this absurd fear that only stops me from growing ♪

♪ Before running away, let's analyze what happened to us ♪

♪ Why did it fade, the inertia keeps pushing me into this corner ♪

♪ Before running away, let's analyze what happened to us ♪

♪ Why did it fade, the unconsciousness keeps trapping me in this corner ♪

♪ (Music) ♪

[Spanish]

♪ (NATALIA LAFOURCADE ANTES DE HUIR) ♪

♪ Busco destellos de luces que puedan hacerme volver ♪

♪ Busco los rastros de huellas debajo de ramas también ♪

♪ Quiero cantar melodías para que se alivie mi ser ♪

♪ Quiero el reloj de mi lado y sentir que dejó de correr ♪

♪ Tengo un dolor en el pecho que no te podría describir ♪

♪ Tengo un temor en el cuerpo que me alejó de sentir ♪

♪ Se me olvidó la manera de estar más alerta al caminar ♪

♪ Para mirar los detalles que te hacen llorar de verdad ♪

♪ Voy a cambiar, voy a cambiar de estación ♪

♪ Voy a explorar inviernos en el interior ♪

♪ Antes de huir analicemos lo que nos pasó ♪

♪ Por qué se apagó la inercia sigue empujándome a este rincón ♪

♪ Antes de huir analicemos lo que nos pasó ♪

♪ Por qué se apagó la inconciencia sigue atrapándome en este rincón ♪

♪ Rezo de noche los versos que piden regreses a mí ♪

♪ Rezo de día encontrar el motivo que hay en mi existir ♪

♪ Quiero cantar melodías para que se cure mi ser ♪

♪ De este temor tan absurdo que sólo me impide crecer ♪

♪ Antes de huir analicemos lo que nos pasó ♪

♪ Por qué se apagó la inercia sigue empujándome a este rincón ♪

♪ Antes de huir analicemos lo que nos pasó ♪

♪ Por qué se apagó la inconciencia sigue atrapándome en este rincón ♪

♪ (Música) ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
destellos des-te-yos B2	noun - flashes, sparkles
rastros ras-tros B1	noun - traces, tracks
huir u-ir A2	verb - to flee, escape
alivie a-li-bje B1	verb - to relieve, soothe
temor te-mor A2	noun - fear
alerta a-ler-ta B1	adjective - alert, vigilant
estación es-ta-sjon A1	noun - season/station
explorar eks-plo-rar A2	verb - to explore
inercia i-ner-sja C1	noun - inertia
inconciencia in-kon-sjen-sja B2	noun - unconsciousness/recklessness
atrapándome a-tra-pan-do-me B1	verb - trapping me
rezo re-so B1	verb - I pray
existir eg-sis-tir B1	verb - to exist
absurdo ab-sur-do B2	adjective - absurd, ridiculous
crecer kre-ser A1	verb - to grow

Key Grammar Structures

• Busco destellos de luces que puedan hacerme volver

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (present)

  ➔ The verb "puedan" is in the subjunctive because it expresses a requirement for an indefinite or non-specific object (lights that don't exist yet).

• Tengo un dolor en el pecho que no te podría describir

  ➔ Conditional tense

  ➔ "Podría" is used to express a hypothetical or softened possibility of describing the pain.

• Se me olvidó la manera de estar más alerta al caminar

  ➔ Reflexive/Unintentional "Se" structure

  ➔ "Se me olvidó" is a common structure for things forgotten unintentionally.

• Voy a explorar inviernos en el interior

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ "Voy a explorar" indicates a firm intention or plan to do something in the near future.

• Antes de huir analicemos lo que nos pasó

  ➔ Imperative (Nosotros form)

  ➔ "Analicemos" is a hortatory imperative, inviting others to perform an action together.

• Por qué se apagó la inercia

  ➔ Simple past (Pretérito indefinido)

  ➔ "Se apagó" describes a completed action that happened at a specific point in the past.

• Rezo de noche los versos que piden regreses a mí

  ➔ Subjunctive after relative clause

  ➔ "Regreses" is in the subjunctive because the verses are asking for something that is still a wish rather than a fact.

• De este temor tan absurdo que sólo me impide crecer

  ➔ Adverbial intensifier ("tan")

  ➔ "Tan" is used to emphasize the degree of the adjective "absurdo".