Con Mano Izquierda – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Saratoga
• Album: Agotarás

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the dramatic world of Spanish heavy metal with 'Con Mano Izquierda'. This song is a fantastic resource for learners to explore poetic Spanish vocabulary related to emotions and conflict, all while experiencing the high-energy performance of one of Spain's most iconic metal bands.

[English]

Back home

This time it didn't work out

We saw the chains break

Today the executioner swallowed his vocation

Death was very close

He tried to scream (and failed)

Reality sentenced him

Rage and pain in his heart

A crime that (he didn't commit)

Five years on (death row)

Almost at the end

He was able to breathe

...

He is Hispanic, if you're black even worse

Your life is their reward

Like the hyenas in Nero's Rome

The one who is about to die despises you

Second time (starting over)

Someone bought (his salvation)

There is no better show

On television

One must look (they will find)

Someone to blame (and murder)

They gave them power

This society

You must not cry

Show your pride, you are not alone

We are moving forward, we must not be silent

With a steady hand

...

...

Our path is to fight

You must not cry

Show your pride, you are not alone

We are moving forward, we must not be silent

With a steady hand

Our path is to fight

You must not cry

Show your pride, you are not alone

We are moving forward, we must not be silent

With a steady hand

Our path is to fight, no

...

[Spanish]

De vuelta a casa

Esta vez no resultó

Vimos romper las cadenas

Hoy el verdugo se tragó su vocación

La muerte estuvo muy cerca

Quiso gritar (y fracasó)

La realidad lo sentenció

Rabia y dolor en su corazón

Un crimen que (no cometió)

Cinco años en (el corredor)

Casi al final

Pudo respirar

Él es hispano, si eres negro aún peor

Tu vida es su recompensa

Como las hienas en la Roma de Nerón

Quien va a morir os desprecia

Segunda vez (vuelta a empezar)

Alguien compró (su salvación)

No hay show mejor

En televisión

Hay que buscar (encontrarán)

A quien culpar (y asesinar)

Les dio poder

Esta sociedad

No debes llorar

Enseña tu orgullo, solo no estás

Vamos a más, no hay que callar

Con mano izquierda

Lo nuestro es luchar

No debes llorar

Enseña tu orgullo, solo no estás

Vamos a más, no hay que callar

Con mano izquierda

Lo nuestro es luchar

No debes llorar

Enseña tu orgullo, solo no estás

Vamos a más, no hay que callar

Con mano izquierda

Lo nuestro es luchar, no

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
verdugo berdugo C1	noun - executioner
vocación bokasjon B2	noun - vocation / calling
sentenció sentensjo B2	verb - sentenced
rabia rabja B1	noun - rage / anger
crimen krimen A2	noun - crime
cometió kometjo B1	verb - committed
corredor koredor A2	noun - corridor / hallway
hienas jenas C2	noun - hyenas
recompensa rekompensa B1	noun - reward
desprecia despresja B2	verb - despises / scorns
salvación salbasjon B2	noun - salvation
sociedad soseðað A2	noun - society
asesinar asesinar B1	verb - to murder
orgullo orɣuʝo B1	noun - pride
luchar lutʃar A2	verb - to fight / struggle

Key Grammar Structures

• Esta vez no resultó

  ➔ Preterite tense (Pretérito indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "resultó" indicates a completed action in the past.

• Un crimen que no cometió

  ➔ Relative clause with "que"

  ➔ The pronoun "que" introduces a relative clause describing the "crimen".

• Si eres negro aún peor

  ➔ First conditional (Si + present indicative)

  ➔ The "si" structure sets a hypothetical or real condition based on identity.

• Quien va a morir os desprecia

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ The construction "va a morir" indicates an imminent or future action.

• Alguien compró su salvación

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (su)

  ➔ The possessive adjective "su" refers back to the subject or a third person's salvation.

• No debes llorar

  ➔ Modal verb for obligation/prohibition (Deber + infinitive)

  ➔ The verb "debes" acts as a modal expressing a recommendation or negative obligation.

• Enseña tu orgullo

  ➔ Imperative mood (Tú form)

  ➔ The verb "enseña" is the affirmative imperative form used to give an order or encouragement.

• Solo no estás

  ➔ Verb "estar" (State/condition)

  ➔ The verb "estás" is used here to describe a current state or condition of the person.