Antes y Después – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Hamlet

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish with 'Antes y Después' by Hamlet offers a unique window into the language's capacity for expressing raw, introspective emotion. The song's powerful lyrics about overcoming personal battles and taking control of your destiny provide a rich vocabulary for expressing feelings of struggle and empowerment. What makes this song special for language learners is its clear, passionate vocal delivery, which allows you to grasp the nuances of Spanish pronunciation while being moved by a universally relatable message, all set to the backdrop of influential Spanish metal.

[English]

Tell me, have you ever thought about giving up?

Turning away and never thinking about it again

And I'm sorry if you've gone to that extreme, no matter

Without the will to go on, forgotten

Now your anxiety

Waits for freedom

Every sunrise

Feels like the nightfall

There's no motivation

You see no solution

I can't take it anymore

It's time to end this

Today we play as if nothing, with hope

We smash it, setting some conditions

Who are we to make decisions for others?

Responsible, I don't know

Right or wrong

You must face it

Don't let fear

Make you fail

Be brave

Don't let others live for you

And if you see no way out

Get out of there

"A poor man is the one who lets others decide

Against his will."

If, just once, we help

And don't ignore what's inside

Recognizing our mistakes too

Often, before and after, before and after

Often some because they have

And others because they wish

Maybe it weighed on them to do wrong

Remember, life only happens once

Often, before and after

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[Spanish]

Dime si has pensado en algun momento abandonar

Echarte a un lado y nunca más volver a recordar

Y lo siento, si has llegado a tal extremo sin importa

Sin ganas de seguir, olvidado.

Ahora tu ansiedad

Espera libertad

Cada amanecer

Es como anochecer

No hay motivación

No ves solución

Ya no puedo más

Es hora de acabar.

Hoy jugamos como si nada con la ilusión

La destrozamos, imponiendo alguna condición

Quienes somos para tomar una decisión por los demás

Responsables, no lo sé.

Acertada o no

Deves afrontar

No dejes que el miedo

Te haga fracasar

Échale valor

Que no vivan por tí

Y si no ves salida

Largate de allí.

"Pobre será el hombre, que deje que decidan en

Contra de su voluntad".

Si por una vez ayudamos

Y su interior no ignoramos

Reconocer equivocarnos también

A menudo, antes y después, antes y después

A menudo unos por tener

Y otros desear

Les pesó quizás el hacerlo mal

Recuera sólo se vive una vez.

Amenudo, antes y después.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pensado /penˈsaðo/ B1	verb - to have thought
abandonar /aβanˈdaɾ/ B1	verb - to abandon, to give up
recordar /re.korˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to remember
ansiedad /ansi.eˈðað/ B2	noun - anxiety, nervousness
libertad /liβeɾˈtad/ B1	noun - freedom
amanecer /ama.neˈθeɾ/ B2	noun - dawn, sunrise
motivation /motivaˈθjon/ B2	noun - motivation
solución /soloˈθjon/ B2	noun - solution
final /fiˈnal/ B1	adjective - final
ilusión /iluˈθjon/ B2	noun - illusion, hope
destrozamos /des.tɾoˈsa.mos/ B2	verb - we destroy
condición /kondiˈθjon/ B2	noun - condition, requirement
responsables /res.poˈsa.βles/ B2	noun - responsible people
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
fracasar /fɾa.kaˈsaɾ/ B2	verb - to fail
valorar /βaloˈɾaɾ/ C1	verb - to value, to appreciate
mientras /ˈmjẽn.tɾas/ A2	conjunction - while