“The Great Fall” Lyrics
Album: Para Siempre (Forever), 2007
Style: Ranchera about the downfall of a relationship after infidelity, and the regret afterward.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube
Translation:
¡Ay, ay, ay, ja, ja, ja!
Por darle rienda suelta a mis antojos,
Por no tener conciencia del abismo,
Por eso ayer hice llorar sus ojos,
Y hoy mis ojos también hacen lo mismo.
For giving my whims free reign,
For not being aware of the abyss,
For that yesterday I made her eyes cry,
And today my eyes also do the same.
Por no medir los pasos que tomaba,
Por eso es que he llegado a la derrota,
Le hice una traición a quien me amaba,
Y ahora esté como estoy,
Con mi alma rota.
For not measuring the steps I took,
For that I have come to this downfall,
I betrayed they who loved me,
And today I am how I am,
With my soul broken.
¿Qué tal, qué tal
Se siente, corazón?
Ahora sí te pegaron.
Es cara, cara, cara la traición
Y al fin te la cobraron.
How does it, how does it
Feel, heart?
Now they really punched you.
It is expensive, expensive, expensive – betrayal –
And in the end they made you pay.
Por darle rienda suelta a mis antojos,
Por no tener conciencia del abismo,
Por eso ayer hice llorar sus ojos,
Y hoy mis ojos también hacen lo mismo.
For giving my whims free reign,
For not being aware of the abyss,
For that yesterday I made her eyes cry,
And today my eyes also do the same.
¿Qué tal, qué tal
Se siente corazón?
Ahora sí te pegaron.
Es cara, cara, cara la traición
Y al fin te la cobraron.
How does it, how does it
Feel, heart?
Now they really punched you.
It is expensive, expensive, expensive – betrayal –
And in the end they made you pay.
Por no medir lo pasos que tomaba,
Por eso es que he llegado a la derrota.
Le hice una traición a quien me amaba
Y ahora estoy como estoy,
Con mi alma rota.
For not measuring the steps I took,
For that I have come to this downfall,
I betrayed they who loved me,
And today I am how I am,
With my soul broken.
Translation Notes:
Por no medir los pasos que tomaba,
Por eso es que he llegado a la derrota
For not measuring the steps I took,
For that I have come to this downfall
For not considering the steps I took,
For that I have come to this fall/defeat
¿Qué tal, qué tal
Se siente corazón?
Ahora {sí} [te pegaron].
How does it, how does it
Feel, heart?
Now [they] {really} [punched you].
How does it, how does it
Feel, heart?
Now [they] {yes!/did!} [hit you].
In this stanza, Vicente Fernández is talking to his own heart, not his sweetheart or lover. ¿Qué tal? alone is used as shorthand for ¿Qué tal va?, “how does it go?” or “how is it going?”, but here the verb is sentirse (to feel, reflexive). He is asking his own heart how it feels to endure the consequences of his actions.
Pegar means “to hit”, translated as “to punch” in the main translation to keep the same feeling.
“La Derrota” by Vicente Fernandez
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