Dennis Hollingsworth

Malo

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

Posted by Dennis at August 2, 2004 8:27 AM