August 2, 2004

Malo

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In our Spanish class (l'Study), our teacher Elena wants us to listen to the music and begin to recognise the lyrics. So this time, we deciphered the lyrics to Bebe's hit, "Malo". Unlike most summer pop music here, this one isn't a simplistic repetition of love blah blah blah. It's about domestic violence.

Here's a link. Click around, there's a bio and more.

Here's the lyrics:

These are the lyrics given in the class, the website has a better transcription, but I have a rough translation:

Bebe
?Malo?

Apareciste una noche fria
He appeared one cold night
Con olor a tabaco sucio a ginebra
Withthe smell of tabaccoand Gin
El miedo ya me recorr?a
This fear goes through me
Mientras cruxaba los deditos tras la puerta
I hear you and I cross my fingers
Tu carita de ni?o guapo se te ha ido comiendo el tiempo
Your handsome face is eaten by time
Por tus venas
In your viens
Y tu seguridad machista se refleja cada dia en mis lagrimitas
Your macho attitude is relfected in my tears
(estribillo- chorus)
Una vez m?s, no por favor
One more time, please, no
Estoy cans? y no puedo con el coraz?n
I?m tired and my heart is not willing
Una vez m?s, no mi amor, por favor, no grites
One more time, no my live, please don?t shout
Que los ni?os duerme
The children are sleeping
Voy a volverme como el fuego
I became the fire
Voy a quemar tu puno de acero
I'm going to burn your fist of steel
Y del morao de mis mejillas
And the bruise of my cheeks
Saldra el valor para cobrame las heridas
I will thus have courage to show my wounds
Malo, Malo, Malo eres
You are a bad, bad, bad person
No se da?a a quien se quiere, no
You cannot hurt the people you love
Tonto, Tonto, Tonto eres
You are a stupid, stupid, stupid person
No te pienses mejor que las mujeres
Don?t think you are better than women
El dia gris cuando tu estas
That grey day you were here
Y el Sol vuelve a salir
And the sun returns when you leave
Cuando te vas, y la penita de mi coraz?n
When you go the pain in my heart
Yo me la tengo que tragar
I have to swallow (repression)
Como el fog?n
(Stove) I?m cooking
Tu carita de ni?a linda
Your face is beautiful
Se ha ido envejecido son el silencio
But you look older with the silence
Cada vez que me dices Puta
Everytime you call me Cunt
Se hace tu celebro m?s peque?o
Your brain becomes smaller

...poruqe quieres

...because you want
Malo, malo... no me chilles porque me duele
Bad, bad.... don?t shout because it hurts me
Eres debil y eres malo
You are weak and you are bad
No te pienses mejor que yo, ni que nadie
You think you are better than I? but you are not
Y ahora me fumo un cigarito, te hecho el fumo
And now I smokd the cigarette and I blow the smoke
En el corazoncito... porque malo, malo, malo eres, tu, si siempre
In your small heart, you are bad, bad, bad, you are, if always
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Posted by Dennis at August 2, 2004 8:27 AM

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