Tus Mentiras – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Moy Bobadilla, Grupo Firme, Hernan Sepulveda, Max Peraza

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Regional Mexican music with 'Tus Mentiras.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners to practice emotional Spanish vocabulary and experience the unique rhythmic phrasing of the Banda genre, making it as educational as it is soulful.

[English]

[music]

And this

this is for [music] you, liar.

My babadilla

[music]

and my band laera, my old man.

[music]

[music]

I don’t know why you didn’t [music]

be sincere.

[music]

You let me love you even more

and I kept [singing] giving you [music]

all my heart so that in me you had

[music]

love and understanding

when [music]

everything [singing] was more beautiful.

[music]

I finally saw it [singing]

of my luck.

I felt [singing]

to die seeing that you were [music] of him

and that I need you. [singing]

I just lost you.

[music] You made me [singing] feel for

finally. loved

and you knew that you had everything of me.

You didn’t give me the hurt that [music] you

used to do.

Look at what they have [singing] done [music]

your lies.

You have left my [singing] chest

shattered. [music]

[music]

This [singing] is for me the most

sad,

since I never expected what [music] you did to me

you did.

I thought this time I had found

that love for me so [music] expected,

but I was also [music] because of you

mocked.

Why? [music]

Why did it have to be like that your way?

After [music] so much love, so much

for [music] why you kill me every time I

look, why did you take my

life. I never gave it to you

like you have done [music] today with

your

There you go, Elis. Pure music VIP.

[music]

You made me feel finally loved

and you knew [music][singing] that everything you

had.

You didn’t give me the hurt [singing]

that [music] you used to do to me.

Look at what they have done [music]

your lies.

[music]

You have left my chest shattered.

[music] This is for me the most

sad.

Since I never expected what you did to me.

[singing]

I thought this time I had found

[music]

that love for me so expected,

[music][singing]

but [music] I was also because of you

mocked. [singing]

[music]

[Spanish]

[música]

Y esta

esta es para [música] ti, mentirosa.

Mi babadilla

[música]

y mi banda laera, mi viejo.

[música]

[música]

No sé por qué no [música] fuiste

sincera.

[música]

Dejaste que yo más te quisiera

y seguí [canto] entregándote [música]

todo el corazón para que en mí tuvieras

[música]

amor y comprensión

cuando [música]

todo [canto] era más bonito.

[música]

Vi por fin lo tir [canto]

de mi suerte.

Me sentí [canto]

morir al ver que tú eras [música] de él

y que te necesito. [canto]

Te acabo de perder.

[música] Me hiciste [canto] sentir por

fin. amado

y sabías que todo me tenías.

No me diste el daño que [música] me

hacías.

Mira lo que han [canto] hecho [música]

tus mentiras.

Me has dejado el [canto] pecho

destrozado. [música]

[música]

Este [canto] es para mí el día más

triste,

pues nunca esperé lo [música] que me

hiciste.

Creí que esta vez había encontrado

ese amor por mí tan [música] esperado,

pero también fui [música] por ti

burlado.

¿Por qué? [música]

¿Por qué tuvo que ser así a tu modo?

Después [música] de tanto amor, de tanto

por [música] qué me matas siempre que me

miras, por qué llevaste al fondo así mi

vida. Yo nunca te la

como tú lo has hecho [música] hoy con

tus

Ahí te va, Elis. Puro musicing VIP.

[música]

Me hiciste sentir por fin amado

y sabías [música][canto] que todo me

tenías.

No me diste el daño [canto]

que [música] me hacías.

Mira lo que han hecho [música]

tus mentiras.

[música]

Me has dejado el pecho destrozado.

[música] Este es para mí el día más

triste.

Pues nunca esperé lo que me hiciste.

[canto]

Creí que esta vez había encontrado

[música]

ese amor por mí tan esperado,

[música][canto]

pero [música] también fui por ti

burlado. [canto]

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mentirosa mentirosa B1	adjective - lying, untruthful (feminine)
sincera sincera B1	adjective - sincere, honest (feminine)
entregar entregar A2	verb - to hand over, to give
corazón corazón A1	noun - heart
comprensión comprensión B2	noun - understanding, comprehension
bonito bonito A1	adjective - pretty, nice
suerte suerte A2	noun - luck, fortune
morir morir B1	verb - to die
necesito necesito A2	verb - I need
perder perder A2	verb - to lose
sentir sentir B1	verb - to feel
amado amado B2	adjective - beloved, loved
daño daño B1	noun - damage, harm
destrozado destrozado B2	adjective - shattered, broken
triste triste A1	adjective - sad
esperado esperado B2	adjective - expected, awaited
burlado burlado B2	adjective - mocked, jeered at
modo modo A2	noun - way, manner, mode

Key Grammar Structures

• No sé por qué no fuiste sincera.

  ➔ Past tense with 'no sé por qué'

  ➔ The phrase 'no sé por qué' (I don't know why) is used with the past tense 'fuiste' to express uncertainty about a past action.

• Dejaste que yo más te quisiera.

  ➔ Preterite tense with 'dejaste'

  ➔ The verb 'dejaste' (you let) is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Me sentí morir al ver que tú eras de él.

  ➔ Past tense with reflexive verb 'sentí'

  ➔ The reflexive verb 'sentí' (I felt) is used in the past tense to express an emotional state.

• Mira lo que han hecho tus mentiras.

  ➔ Present perfect with 'han hecho'

  ➔ The phrase 'han hecho' (have done) is in the present perfect, indicating an action that started in the past and has results in the present.

• ¿Por qué tuvo que ser así a tu modo?

  ➔ Past tense with 'tuvo' and question formation

  ➔ The verb 'tuvo' (had to be) is in the past tense, and the sentence is structured as a question using inversion.