Ardo por Dentro – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: WarCry
• Album: ALFA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into WarCry's 'Ardo por Dentro,' a powerful metal track that vividly expresses the Spanish language's capacity to convey raw emotion and unyielding spirit. Through its intense lyrics about internal fire versus external aging, you can learn vocabulary related to struggle, resilience, and deep-seated passion, all set to a driving, epic sound.

[English]

They are mistaken

Living in their own deception

All those who insist

That my curtain should fall

I’m an old scar

Life’s blows

The passing of years

Have slowed my steps, but not my resolve

Its roots run so deep

They think it’s time for my retirement

That I’m not the same, that it’s all over for me

Maybe they get that impression, maybe I was better yesterday

But I don’t feel any of that inside

I burn within

With the force of hell’s flames

I still have so much to say

I keep roaring, against a world that ignores me

Against time, which condemns me to die

I can still go on, even if it’s just one more step

...

I burn within

With the force of hell’s flames

I still have so much to say

I keep roaring, against a world that ignores me

Against time, which condemns me to die

I can still go on, even if it’s just one more step

I burn within

With the force of hell’s flames

I still have so much to say

I keep roaring, against a world that ignores me

Against time, which condemns me to die

I can still go on, even if it’s just one more step

...

[Spanish]

Están equivocados

Viven su propio engaño

Todos aquellos que se empeñan

En que caiga mi telón

Soy una vieja cicatriz

Los golpes de la vida

El paso de los años

Han hecho lentas mis pisadas, pero no mi decisión

Es tan profunda su raíz

Piensan que es hora ya de una jubilación

Que ya no estoy igual, que para mí se acabó

Quizás de esa impresión, quizás ayer fui mejor

Pero nada de eso siento en mi interior

Ardo por dentro

Con la fuerza de las llamas del infierno

Aún tengo tanto que decir

Sigo rugiendo, contra un mundo que me ignora

Contra el tiempo, que me condena a morir

Aún puedo continuar, aunque solo sea un paso más

Ardo por dentro

Con la fuerza de las llamas del infierno

Aún tengo tanto que decir

Sigo rugiendo, contra un mundo que me ignora

Contra el tiempo, que me condena a morir

Aún puedo continuar, aunque solo sea un paso más

Ardo por dentro

Con la fuerza de las llamas del infierno

Aún tengo tanto que decir

Sigo rugiendo, contra un mundo que me ignora

Contra el tiempo, que me condena a morir

Aún puedo continuar, aunque solo sea un paso más

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
equivocado equivocado B1	adjective - wrong, mistaken
engaño engaño B1	noun - deception, fraud
empeñar empeñar B2	verb - to insist, to pawn, to commit oneself
telón telón B2	noun - curtain, stage backdrop
cicatriz cicatriz B2	noun - scar
golpe golpe B1	noun - blow, hit
lenta lenta A2	adjective - slow
pisada pisada B2	noun - footstep, tread
decisión decisión B1	noun - decision
raíz raíz B1	noun - root, origin
jubilación jubilación B2	noun - retirement
interior interior B1	adjective - inner, internal noun - inside, interior
fuerza fuerza A2	noun - strength, force
llamas llamas B1	noun - flames
infierno infierno B1	noun - hell
rugir rugir B2	verb - to roar
ignorar ignorar B1	verb - to ignore
condena condena B2	noun - condemnation, sentence
continuar continuar B1	verb - to continue
morir morir A2	verb - to die

Key Grammar Structures

• Están equivocados

  ➔ Present indicative of *estar* (to be) + adjective *equivocados* (wrong).

  ➔ This is a direct statement asserting that 'they are wrong'. The verb *estar* is used to describe a temporary state or condition.

• Soy una vieja cicatriz

  ➔ First-person singular present indicative of *ser* (to be) + indefinite article *una* + adjective *vieja* (old) + noun *cicatriz* (scar).

  ➔ This is a metaphorical statement. The speaker identifies themselves as an 'old scar', implying past pain and resilience. *Ser* is used to define a characteristic.

• Han hecho lentas mis pisadas, pero no mi decisión

  ➔ Present perfect indicative of *hacer* (to do/make) + adjective *lentas* (slow) + noun *pisadas* (footsteps) + conjunction *pero* (but) + negation *no* + noun *decisión* (decision).

  ➔ This line uses a contrast. The speaker acknowledges that age has slowed their 'footsteps' (physical pace), but it hasn't affected their 'decision' (resolve). The perfect tense (*han hecho*) indicates an action completed in the past with relevance to the present.