Mon Laferte
Calaveras lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Indie Rock, Indie Pop
- Length
- 4:12
Háblame de tus amores, de tu pasado
Talk to me about your loves, about your past
Cuéntame si las quisiste de verdad
Tell me if you truly loved them
Si allá van con sus penas
If they're off with their sorrows
Si allá van, como yo
If they're off, like I am
Cuéntame si también se vistieron de dolor
Tell me if they too dressed in pain
Dime si alguna vez volverás a decirme "te amo"
Tell me if you'll ever return to say 'I love you'
Yo te espero en la silla del futuro esplendor
I'm waiting for you in the chair of future splendor
Entre todas las gemas
Among all the gems
Ahorcaste al rubí
You hanged the ruby
Dime a cuántas mujeres mataste como a mí
Tell me how many women you killed like me
Quiero dejar atrás estas penas
I want to leave these sorrows behind
Quiero penas nuevas, otros dolores
I want new sorrows, different pains
Otras cadenas
Other chains
Otras sirenas
Other sirens
Que me canten rodeada de noches
That sing to me surrounded by nights
De calaveras
Of skulls
Háblame de tu familia, de tu madre
Tell me about your family, about your mother
Con la tarde convertida en un cajón
With the afternoon turned into a drawer
¿Cuántos hoyos cavaste
How many holes have you dug
A la orilla de tu ego?
On the edge of your ego?
¿Cuántas fueron?, ¿por qué apagaste su fuego?
How many were there?, why did you extinguish their fire?
Quiero dejar atrás estas penas
I want to leave these sorrows behind
Quiero penas nuevas, otros dolores
I want new sorrows, different pains
Otras cadenas
Other chains
Otras sirenas
Other sirens
Que me canten rodeada de noches
That sing to me surrounded by nights
De calaveras
Of skulls
Dime a cuántas mujeres mataste
Tell me how many women you killed
De la pena
From the sorrow
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Key vocabulary
- sirenas
- sirensB2
- dolores
- painsA2
- otros
- othersA2
- orilla
- shoreB1
- penas
- sorrowsB1
- volverás
- you will returnB1
- cuántos
- how manyA1
- futuro
- futureA1
- madre
- motherA1
- tarde
- lateA1
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About this song
Mon Laferte is a Chilean singer-songwriter whose work spans pop, rock, blues, and Latin folk. She is known for her flexible, punk-leaning vocal style and genre-mixing songs that draw on mid-century pop while staying contemporary.