“Asteroid” Lyrics
Album: Zoé (Zoe), 2008
Style: Rock song using an asteroid metaphor for a relationship
Country: Mexico
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Translation:
Déjate ver,
Estuvo chido poder besar (*)
Tu estereocuerpo lunar,
Tus ojos brillan más cada vez.
Let yourself be seen,
It was nice being able to kiss (*)
Your stereobody beauty spot,
Your eyes shine more very time.
Chorus:
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Y viajas sobre un asteroide,
Clavando tus espinas contra el órbital
De un planeta helado.
Y viajas sobre un asteroide,
Espérame, quiero borrar mi rastro.
And you travel over an asteroid,
Sinking your thorns against the orbital
Of a frozen planet.
And you travel over an asteroid,
Wait for me, I want to erase my traces.
Asteroide, asteroide. (x2)
Asteroid, asteroid. (x2)
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Quiero volver,
Estuvo chido hacer el amor
En el asiento de atras,
Alucinando más cada vez.
I want to return,
It was nice making love
In the back seat,
Hallucinating more every time.
[Chorus]
Pensé en decirte tanto,
Pero no pude articular,
La nave se destroza lentamente.
Asteroide, asteroide.
I thought of saying so much to you,
But I could not articulate it,
The ship destroys itself slowly.
Asteroid, asteroid.
Asteroide, asteroide.
Asteroid, asteroid.
Translation Notes:
Estuvo chido poder besar
It was nice being able to kiss
chido is Mexican slang.
Here’s the explanation from Spanish Wikipedia (with my translation):
- Chido (en ocasiones chilo) es un término mexicano, incluido en el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española, utilizado como adjetivo para calificar algo como bonito, lindo o agradable (“Qué chido vestido traes”).
Chido (ocasionally chilo) is a Mexican term included in the Royal Spanish Academy Dictionary, used like an adjective to qualify something as pretty, nice or agreeable (“what a chido dress you have”).
- Coloquialmente, tiene otros significados, en particular fino, de buena calidad (“tu reloj es de los chidos”). Referido a una persona significa amistoso, amable, amigable (“Juan es bien chido”). También se usa para decir “estoy de acuerdo”, para afirmar (“¿Vamos a cenar tacos?” “Chido”).
Colloquially, it has other meanings such as fine, of good quality (“your watch is the chidos“). Referred to a person it means amicable, pleasant, friendly (“Juan is really chido). It is also used to say, “I agree,” to affirm (“Are we going to dine on tacos?” “Chido“).
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Tu estereocuerpo lunar
Your stereobody beauty spot
If estereocuerpo is a real word, someone tell me. It is not in dictionaries and I don’t see it being used as slang on the internet. I believe it was made up, so I just translated it straight from its components.
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Clavando tus espinas contra el órbital
Sinking your thorns against the orbital
clavar = to sink in; to nail
clavo [m. noun] = nail (also: the spice, cloves, because dried cloves look like nails)
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Y viajas sobre un asteroide
And you travel over an asteroid,
And you travel on an asteroid [*alternative]
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