Tango del Pecado – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Calle 13
• Album: Residente O Vísitante

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic complexities of Spanish-language urban fusion! Through 'Tango del Pecado,' you can learn expressive vocabulary related to passion, social critique, and dramatic storytelling, making it a perfect track for understanding the nuances of rhythmic Spanish phrasing.

[English]

Three complete turns

And, flap, you disappeared through the hole

All you rude people

Dance on top of volcanic lava

Turn up the volume of the music...

Turn up the volume of the music...

We're going to burn in the fire with the di...

Residente, the greatest exponent of sin

Listen, princess

Your prince has arrived, the rude one

All the gossips

Better put on a bib

Hop on my sailboat

And let's insult the whole world

The "gentleman" thing just doesn't come to me

And therefore

People don't understand

That my infatuation with you never expires

Come on, let's go on tour

Let's go flying at thirty thousand feet high

Let's hatch twenty little creatures

I promise you about a hundred adventures

Lady contentment for your waist

Bend over and show me those teeth

Careful, the seam of your pants is about to burst

Those two cheeks full of muscle

Are bursting out of their wrapping

And it's driving me crazy

To get handsy, you need a manual

Tell your mom to cut your umbilical cord

So we can roll around in the sugarcane field

Straight from hell

Make way, the son-in-law is here

Your dad is more square than a notebook

And he doesn't understand my modern language

Move it, Trujillo's rogue is here

Girl, you fit me like a glove

Come and move into my castle

And I'll cook you loin every single day

Three complete turns

And, flap, you disappeared through the hole

All you rude people

Dance on top of volcanic lava

Turn up the volume of the music...

Turn up the volume of the music...

We're going to burn in the fire with the di...

Residente, the greatest exponent of sin

I want to see all the girls

Shaking their butts

From Boquerón to Luquillo

Listen, little island girl, if I give you a hard time

Residente will take your inhibitions away

“You are a daughter of a...

You are humiliating your heritage”

“Better a Don Juan or a Juan Antonio”

They've gone crazy, because I'm going straight to marriage

Down in hell, where the fun is had

Where people talk dirty and it's more delicious

I divide my vocabulary into juicy prose

To make your armpits sweaty

The spider that ruins the language has arrived

I'll leave the Royal Academy to Spain

So my bad if I get perverse

But it's just that you have me spitting verses

Mr. Universe is... territory

The party started in purgatory

Wagging tails and horns

And leaving eternal rest for later

Three complete turns

And, flap, you disappeared through the hole

All you rude people

Dance on top of volcanic lava

Turn up the volume of the music...

Turn up the volume of the music...

We're going to burn in the fire with the di...

Residente, the greatest exponent of sin

Three complete turns

And, flap, you disappeared through the hole

All you rude people

Dance on top of volcanic lava

Turn up the volume of the music...

Turn up the volume of the music...

We're going to burn in the fire with the di...

Residente, the greatest exponent of sin

I feel a pain

Deep inside my heart

If loving you is a sin

Then let me burn

In hell alongside you (alongside you)

My poor daughter

They are going to burn together in hell

...

[Spanish]

Tres vueltas de carnero

Y, flap, te fuiste por el agujero

Todos los groseros

A bailar encima de lava volcánica

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Vamos a quemarnos en el fuego con el di...

Residente, el máximo exponente del pecado

Oye, princesa

Llegó tu príncipe, el grosero

Los bochincheros

Que se pongan un babero

Móntate aquí en mi velero

Y vamo a insultar al mundo entero

A mí no me sale lo de caballero

Y, por ende

La gente no comprende

Que mi enchule por ti nunca se expira

Vente, vámonos de gira

Vámonos volando como a treinta mil pies de altura

Vamos a empollar veinte criaturas

Yo te prometo como cien aventuras

Doña contentura pa tu cintura

Dóblate y enséñame la dentadura

Cuidao, al pantalón se le rompe la costura

Esos dos cachetes llenos de musculatura

Se están saliendo de la envoltura

Y me pone mal

Pa meterle mano, hay que tener un manual

Dile a tu mai que te suelte el cordón umbilical

Pa revolcarnos por el cañaveral

Directamente desde el infierno

Abran paso, que llegó el yerno

Tu papá está más cuadrao que un cuaderno

Y no comprende mi lenguaje moderno

Muévete, que llegó el cafre de Trujillo

Mujer, tú me caes como dedo en el anillo

Vente y múdate pa mi castillo

Y to los días te cocino lomillo

Tres vueltas de carnero

Y, flap, te fuiste por el agujero

Todos los groseros

A bailar encima de lava volcánica

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Vamos a quemarnos en el fuego con el di...

Residente, el máximo exponente del pecado

Quiero ver a todos los grillos

Moviendo el fondillo

De Boquerón a Luquillo

Oye, jibarita, si te doy repelillo

Residente te quita el frenillo

"Eres una hija del...

Estás humillando a tu patrimonio"

"Mejor un don Juan o un Juan Antonio"

Se chavaron, porque voy directo pa'l matrimonio

Allá en el infierno, donde se goza

Donde la gente habla malo y es más sabrosa

Mi vocablo lo divido en prosa jugosa

Pa ponerte las axilas grasosas

Llegó la araña que el idioma daña

La Real Academia yo se la dejo a España

Así que mala mía si me pongo perverso

Pero es que tú me tienes escupiendo versos

El míster Universo me... territorio

Se formó el jolgorio en el purgatorio

A mover los rabos y los cuernos

Y a dejar pa después el descanso eterno

Tres vueltas de carnero

Y, flap, te fuiste por el agujero

Todos los groseros

A bailar encima de lava volcánica

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Vamos a quemarnos en el fuego con el di...

Residente, el máximo exponente del pecado

Tres vueltas de carnero

Y, flap, te fuiste por el agujero

Todos los groseros

A bailar encima de lava volcánica

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Súbele el volumen a la música...

Vamos a quemarnos en el fuego con el di...

Residente, el máximo exponente del pecado

Siento un dolor

Muy dentro de mi corazón

Si amarte es un pecado

Yo me quemo, pues

En el infierno junto a vos (junto a vos)

Mi pobre hija

Se van a quemar juntos en el infierno

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pecado pe-ka-do B2	noun - sin
agujero a-gu-he-ro A2	noun - hole
volcánica bol-ka-ni-ka B2	adjective - volcanic
groseros gro-se-ros B1	adjective - rude/crude
velero be-le-ro B1	noun - sailboat
gira hi-ra A2	noun - tour
infierno in-fjer-no A2	noun - hell
cuaderno kwa-der-no A1	noun - notebook
moderno mo-der-no A1	adjective - modern
castillo kas-ti-yo A1	noun - castle
patrimonio pa-tri-mo-njo B2	noun - heritage
matrimonio ma-tri-mo-njo A2	noun - marriage
prosa pro-sa B2	noun - prose
perverso per-ber-so C1	adjective - perverse/wicked
purgatorio pur-ga-to-rjo C2	noun - purgatory

Key Grammar Structures

• Súbele el volumen a la música...

  ➔ Imperative form + Indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The verb 'Subir' is in the imperative 'tú' form with the clitic 'le' (for 'el volumen'), used here to give a direct command.

• Que se pongan un babero

  ➔ Subjunctive mood for wishes/commands (Que + Subjunctive)

  ➔ The structure 'Que' + present subjunctive ('pongan') is used to express a strong suggestion or command for a third party.

• La gente no comprende que mi enchule por ti nunca se expira

  ➔ Subordinate clause with indicative (Factuality)

  ➔ The verb 'comprende' triggers a clause that expresses a reality; therefore, the indicative ('expira') is used instead of the subjunctive.

• Dile a tu mai que te suelte

  ➔ Indirect command + Subjunctive

  ➔ The main verb 'Dile' (Tell her) implies a desire, requiring the following verb 'suelte' to be in the present subjunctive.

• Se están saliendo de la envoltura

  ➔ Present Continuous (Estar + Gerund)

  ➔ This construction describes an action that is happening at this very moment.

• Si te doy repelillo, Residente te quita el frenillo

  ➔ Conditional 'Si' clause (Real condition)

  ➔ A standard real conditional sentence using 'Si' + present indicative, followed by another present indicative clause.

• Si amarte es un pecado, yo me quemo

  ➔ Conditional 'Si' clause + Reflexive verb

  ➔ 'Me quemo' is a reflexive verb indicating the subject performs the action upon themselves.

• Se van a quemar juntos en el infierno

  ➔ Near future (Ir a + Infinitive)

  ➔ This structure is used to indicate an action that will happen soon or is destined to happen.