Despídase bien – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Carin León
• Album: BOCA CHUECA Vol.1

Lyrics & Translation

“Despídase bien” by Carin León offers a profound journey into the complexities of love and loss, expressed through the rich sounds of regional Mexican music. This song, with its heartfelt lyrics and Carin León's emotive delivery, provides an excellent opportunity to immerse yourself in the Spanish language while connecting with universal themes of vulnerability and the difficulty of letting go.

[English]

Sorry for being the way I am

It's just that you wouldn't unblock me

I left you a letter today

Where you always used to hang out

I don't deserve your forgiveness

Maybe this won't change anything

On your side, it's over

But on my side it's not over yet

I don't know what hurt more

Failing you or knowing you won't come back

With you I felt something I never felt with anyone

And it ended just like the others

I'd like to love you

But I just don't know how to do it

Maybe in another life I'll have a heart that works

To find you and make this work

I'd like to love you

But I just don't know how to do it

And if what happened that day was a goodbye

Then, come on and say goodbye properly

So your memory won't follow me

If I go out with another baby

I leave, but I always come back

One returns to where they were happy

I spend my time smoking weed

To see if the smoke reaches the heart

And once and for all, I forget you

And what we had

The fridge is full, but we always devoured each other

The sex wouldn't stop until we fell asleep

What they say out there is false

That I never loved you

And all the damage I did to you and to myself

I don't know what hurt more

Failing you or knowing you won't come back

With you I felt something I never felt with anyone

And it ended just like the others

I'd like to love you

But I just don't know how to do it

Maybe in another life I'll have a heart that works

To find you and make this work

I'd like to love you

But I just don't know how to do it

And if what happened that day was a goodbye

Then, come on and say goodbye properly

...

It seems like

My faithful heart

Once and again

Again and again

I saw that you stumbled

on the same foot-

on the same stone

And I know that's how you are

...

[Spanish]

Perdona por ser como soy

Es que no me desbloqueabas

Te dejé una carta hoy

Donde siempre te parqueabas

No merezco tu perdón

Quizás esto no cambie nada

Por tu lado se acabó

Pero por el mío aún no acaba

No sé qué fue lo que dolió más

Si fallarte o saber que no volverás

Contigo sentí lo que con nadie

Y terminó igual que las demás

Te quisiera querer

Pero es que no lo sé hacer

Quizás en otra vida tenga un cora que sirva

Pa buscarte y que esto salga bien

Te quisiera querer

Pero es que no lo sé hacer

Y si lo de aquel día fue la despedida

Tonces, venga y despídase bien

Pa que no me siga tu recuerdo

Si salgo con otra baby

Me voy, pero siempre vuelvo

Uno vuelve a donde fue feliz

Me la paso fumando weed

Pa ver si el humo llega al cora

Y de una vez me olvido de ti

Y de lo que teníamos

La nevera llena, pero siempre nos comíamos

El sexo no se terminaba hasta que nos dormíamos

Es falso lo que por ahí dicen

Que yo a ti nunca te quise

Y to el daño que te hice y me hice

No sé qué fue lo que dolió más

Si fallarte o saber que no volverás

Contigo sentí lo que con nadie

Y terminó igual que las demás

Te quisiera querer

Pero es que no lo sé hacer

Quizás en otra vida tenga un cora que sirva

Pa buscarte y que esto salga bien

Te quisiera querer

Pero es que no lo sé hacer

Y si lo de aquel día fue la despedida

Tonces, venga y despídase bien

Tal parece

Mi fiel corazón

Una vez y otra vez

Otra vez y otra vez

Vi que tropezaste

Con la misma pie-

Con la misma piedra

Y yo sé que así eres

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
desbloqueabas desbloqueabas B2	verb - you were unblocking
carta carta A1	noun - letter
parqueabas parqueabas B1	verb - you were parking (slang)
merezco merezco B1	verb - I deserve
perdón perdón A2	noun - forgiveness, pardon
dolió dolió A2	verb - hurt (it hurt)
fallarte fallarte A2	verb - to fail you
volverás volverás A2	verb - you will return
sentir sentir A2	verb - to feel
igual igual A1	adjective - same, equal
demás demás A2	adjective - other, the rest
corazón corazón A1	noun - heart
buscarte buscarte A2	verb - to look for you
despedida despedida B1	noun - farewell, goodbye
recuerdo recuerdo B1	noun - memory, recollection
weed weed B2	noun - marijuana, cannabis
humo humo A1	noun - smoke
tropezaste tropezaste A2	verb - you stumbled / tripped

Key Grammar Structures

• Perdona por ser como soy

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The verb 'ser' is in the present tense, indicating a current state or characteristic.

• Te dejé una carta hoy

  ➔ Preterite tense

  ➔ The verb 'dejé' is in the preterite tense, used for completed actions in the past.

• No merezco tu perdón

  ➔ Present tense with negation

  ➔ The verb 'merezco' is in the present tense, and 'no' is used for negation.

• Por tu lado se acabó

  ➔ Impersonal se construction

  ➔ The verb 'acabó' is used with 'se' to express an impersonal or passive meaning.

• Te quisiera querer

  ➔ Conditional tense

  ➔ The verb 'quisiera' is in the conditional tense, expressing a wish or hypothetical situation.

• Pero es que no lo sé hacer

  ➔ Present tense with double negation

  ➔ The verb 'sé' is in the present tense, and 'no' combined with 'es que' emphasizes the negation.

• Y si lo de aquel día fue la despedida

  ➔ Past tense with conditional clause

  ➔ The verb 'fue' is in the past tense, and the conditional clause 'si' introduces a hypothetical situation.

• Uno vuelve a donde fue feliz

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun with present tense

  ➔ The pronoun 'uno' is indefinite, and the verb 'vuelve' is in the present tense, expressing a general truth.