Hong Kong – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: C. Tangana, Andrés Calamaro, Jorge Drexler

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rich tapestry of Spanish and Latin American music with "Hong Kong," a collaboration featuring C. Tangana, Andrés Calamaro, and Jorge Drexler. This track, with its alt-rock undertones and evocative, bittersweet lyrics, showcases how modern Spanish artists connect deeply with cultural roots, offering a unique window into contemporary musical fusion.

[English]

What doesn't exist in Hong Kong simply doesn't exist.

What doesn't exist in Hong Kong simply doesn't exist.

We went out for cigarettes.

We came back without cigarettes or a lighter.

We drank even the water from the vase.

That was worse than Puerto Hurraco.

...

I curse the people who bail out.

Way before the night is over.

We cut coke with a knife.

On the dashboard of your car.

I’ve got a flower in my ass and a camel in Hong Kong.

I’ve got a rocket in my pants.

I’ve got a flower in my ass and a geisha in Japan.

Your banderillas in my heart.

Let’s make it look like an accident.

Tell me I don’t have to go home.

I hope this lasts forever.

We know what it’s like to bullfight in worse rings.

Stories that can never be told.

Battles that can’t be repeated.

Victories for the one who knew how to stay.

What the hell is the point of regretting?

I’ve got a flower in my ass and a camel in Hong Kong.

I’ve got a rocket in my pants.

I’ve got a flower in my ass and a geisha in Japan.

Your banderillas in my heart.

I’ve got a flower in my ass and a camel in Hong Kong.

...

I’ve got a rocket in my pants.

I’ve got a flower in my ass and a geisha in Japan.

Your banderillas in my heart.

[Spanish]

Lo que no hay en Hong Kong no exis-

Lo que no hay en Hong Kong es que no existe

Salimos a la calle por tabaco

Volvimos sin tabaco ni mechero

Tomamos hasta el agua del florero

Aquello fue peor que Puerto Hurraco

Me cago en las personas que se rajan

Muy antes de que se acabe la noche

Peinábamos perico con navaja

En el salpicadero de tu coche

Tengo una flor en el culo y un camello en Hong Kong

Tengo un cohete en el pantalón

Tengo una flor en el culo y una geisha en Japón

Tus banderillas en el corazón

Hagamos que parezca un accidente

Decirme que no tengo que ir a casa

Espero que esto dure para siempre

Sabemos qué es torear en peores plazas

Historias que jamás pueden contarse

Batallas que no pueden repetirse

Victorias para el que supo quedarse

¿Pa' qué cojones sirve arrepentirse?

Tengo una flor en el culo y un camello en Hong Kong

Tengo un cohete en el pantalón

Tengo una flor en el culo y una geisha en Japón

Tus banderillas en el corazón

Tengo una flor en el culo y un camello en Hong Kong

Tengo un cohete en el pantalón

Tengo una flor en el culo y una geisha en Japón

Tus banderillas en el corazón

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
existir eɡˈzistir A2	verb - to exist
salir saˈlir A1	verb - to go out
tabaco taˈbako A1	noun - tobacco
mechero meˈtʃero A2	noun - lighter
florero floˈrero A2	noun - vase
peor peˈor A1	adjective - worse
cagar kaˈɣar B1	verb - to defecate
rajarse raˈxarse B2	verb - to back out
perico peˈɾiko B1	noun - parakeet / cocaine (slang)
salpicadero salpikaˈðero B1	noun - dashboard
camello kaˈmeʎo A2	noun - camel / drug dealer (slang)
cohete koˈete A2	noun - rocket
geisha ˈɡeʃa A2	noun - geisha
banderillas bandeˈriʎas B1	noun - small barbed sticks used in bullfighting
torear toˈre.aɾ B1	verb - to bullfight
plaza ˈpla.θa A1	noun - square

Key Grammar Structures

• Lo que no hay en Hong Kong no exis-

  ➔ Present tense of verb 'existir' (to exist)

  ➔ The verb 'exis-' is the present tense of 'existir', indicating a current state or action.

• Salimos a la calle por tabaco

  ➔ Preposition 'por' (for/because of)

  ➔ The preposition 'por' is used to indicate reason or cause, here meaning 'because of'.

• Tengo una flor en el culo y un camello en Hong Kong

  ➔ Conjunction 'y' (and)

  ➔ The conjunction 'y' is used to connect two ideas or elements in a sentence.

• Hagamos que parezca un accidente

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in 'parezca'

  ➔ The verb 'parezca' is in the subjunctive mood, used to express a wish or uncertainty.

• Espero que esto dure para siempre

  ➔ Present subjunctive in 'dure'

  ➔ The verb 'dure' is in the present subjunctive, used after 'espero que' to express a wish.

• Victorias para el que supo quedarse

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'que'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' is used to introduce a relative clause describing 'el que'.

• ¿Pa' qué cojones sirve arrepentirse?

  ➔ Contraction 'pa' qué' (para qué)

  ➔ The contraction 'pa' qué' is a colloquial shortening of 'para qué', meaning 'what for'.