Ininteligible – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Robe

Lyrics & Translation

Robe's 'Ininteligible' is an excellent piece for learning Spanish through complex, poetic rock music. The lyrics offer rich vocabulary for discussing philosophy, emotion, and social criticism, all while you experience a 'sonic orgy' of progressive rock. The song's core message—a quest for meaning so that nothing is 'unintelligible'—makes its language particularly poignant and rewarding to decipher.

[English]

I’ve already seen the light

And I pray to the Moon

In case it helps me

And I pray to love

In case it gives me strength

In case it helps me

I swear to tell the truth

And nothing but the truth

I’ve had good times, I’ve had bad times

I’ve felt good and I’ve felt bad

But I would do it all again

I’d risk it all again

And I would win again and I would lose again

And I would fly again and I would fall again

I want to tell you that I burned

Every ship, every time

Just so that, for real

We could face it or escape

I would always be ineligible

I want to tell you that I spent

All my time trying to describe

A paradise on a piece of paper

Where we could live

And nothing would be unintelligible

Nothing stops me or touches me

There’s no ground beneath my boots

And I go, letting myself fall

Letting myself go

Giving it my all

Because there’s no turning back

I reached the deepest point

And I can’t find an explanation

We don’t belong in this world

You and I

Neither you, nor I

Love, there’s nothing left for us here, let’s go

Neither you, nor I

We’re not interested in anything from this world, nothing

I’ve already seen the light

And I pray to the Moon

In case it helps me

And I pray to love

In case it gives me strength

In case it helps me

And this world is rotten

Entirely, unbalanced

We haven’t passed through here yet

So much crap on this side

On this side of the river

We haven’t passed through here yet

Neither you, nor I

Maybe today I’m not being understood very well

And maybe tomorrow won’t be understood either

And let the blame fall on me

For always speaking through gritted teeth

Nothing stops me or touches me

There’s no ground beneath my boots

And I go, letting myself fall

Letting myself go

Giving it my all

Because there’s no turning back

I reached the deepest point

And I can’t find an explanation

We don’t belong in this world

You and I

Neither you, nor I

Love, there’s nothing left for us here, let’s go

Neither you, nor I

We’re not interested in anything from this world, nothing

Neither you, nor I

Love, there’s nothing left for us here, let’s go

Neither you, nor I

We’re not interested in anything from this world, nothing

[Spanish]

Yo ya he visto la luz

Y le rezo a la Luna

Por si me ayuda

Y le rezo al amor

Por si me da valor

Por si me ayuda

Juro decir la verdad

Y solamente la verdad

Lo he pasado bien, lo he pasado mal

Me he sentido bien y me he sentido mal

Pero volvería a hacerlo igual

A arriesgarlo todo igual

Y volvería a ganar y volvería a perder

Y volvería a volar y volvería a caer

Quiero decirte que quemé

Todas las naves cada vez

Solo para que de verdad

Plantar cara o escapar

Me fuera siempre inelegible

Quiero decirte que empeñe

Todo mi tiempo en describir

Un paraíso en un papel

Donde podamos vivir

Y nada sea ininteligible

Nada me detiene ni me toca

No hay suelo debajo de mis botas

Y voy, dejándome caer

Dejándome llevar

Dejándome la piel

Que ya no hay vuelta atrás

Llegué a lo más profundo

Y no encuentro explicación

No somos de este mundo

Nosotros dos

Ni tú, ni yo

Amor, aquí ya no nos queda nada, vámonos

Ni tú, ni yo

Del mundo no nos interesa nada, nada

Yo ya he visto la luz

Y le rezo a la Luna

Por si me ayuda

Y le rezo al amor

Por si me da valor

Por si me ayuda

Y este mundo está podrido

Entero, desequilibrado

Por aquí no hemos pasado aún

Cuánta mierda en este lado

En este lado del río

Por aquí no hemos pasado aún

Ni tú, ni yo

Puede que hoy no se me entienda bien

Y puede que mañana no se entienda

Y que la culpa caiga sobre mí

Por hablar siempre entre dientes

Nada me detiene ni me toca

No hay suelo debajo de mis botas

Y voy, dejándome caer

Dejándome llevar

dejándome la piel

Que ya no hay vuelta atrás

Llegué a lo más profundo

y no encuentro explicación

No somos de este mundo

nosotros dos

Ni tú, ni yo

Amor, aquí ya no nos queda nada, vámonos

Ni tú, ni yo

Del mundo no nos interesa nada, nada

Ni tú, ni yo

Amor, aquí ya no nos queda nada, vámonos

Ni tú, ni yo

Del mundo no nos interesa nada, nada

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rezar reˈθaɾ A2	verb - to pray
arriesgar aɾjeˈɣaɾ B1	verb - to risk
inelegible ineleˈxible C1	adjective - unchoosable
empeñar empeˈɲar B2	verb - to pawn
describir deskiˈβiɾ A2	verb - to describe
paraíso paɾaˈiβo A1	noun - paradise
detener deteneɾ A2	verb - to stop
profundO pɾoˈfunðo A1	adjective - deep
explicación eksplikaˈθjon A2	noun - explanation
podrido poˈðɾiðo A2	adjective - rotten
desequilibrio deseˈkilibɾjo B1	noun - imbalance
mierda ˈmjerða A1	noun - shit
entender entendeɾ A1	verb - to understand
culpa ˈkulpa A1	noun - blame
volar boˈlaɾ A1	verb - to fly

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo ya he visto la luz

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect tense with 'he visto' to indicate an action that occurred in the past but has relevance to the present.

• Por si me ayuda

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood 'ayude' (from 'ayudar') to express a hypothetical or uncertain situation.

• Juro decir la verdad

  ➔ Infinitive after Conjugated Verb

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive 'decir' after the conjugated verb 'juro' to express an action that follows the main verb.

• Pero volvería a hacerlo igual

  ➔ Conditional Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional tense 'volvería' to express a hypothetical action in the future.

• Nada me detiene ni me toca

  ➔ Double Negative

  ➔ The phrase uses a double negative 'ni...ni' to emphasize the absence of two actions.

• No somos de este mundo

  ➔ Present Tense with 'ser'

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense of 'ser' to express a permanent characteristic or origin.

• Amor, aquí ya no nos queda nada

  ➔ Present Perfect Negative

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect negative 'no nos queda' to indicate that an action has not occurred up to the present.

• Puede que hoy no se me entienda bien

  ➔ Subjunctive after 'puede que'

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood after 'puede que' to express uncertainty or possibility.