Mariposas Lyrics in English by Eladio Carrion

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mariposas by Eladio Carrion from Spanish to English.

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And I feel butterflies in my stomach when I see you

That cat is mischievous and knows that I know, I don't give in

And I feel butterflies in my stomach when I see you

That cat is mischievous, I still savor that *ss

And if I love you with balls

Why do you treat me like that?

I lit a couple of blunts to your name

Why would I lie to you?

Butterflies are crashing against the walls of my stomach

They say your love is streetwise like Hector Lavoe's

Because out of nowhere you disappear like a magician

But you always come back because I wet you like a lake

Let's take it easy, Farruko, Pedro Capo

You have me in the palm of your hand, I won't escape

I'm dripping on the path, you have to pass through

I keep tripping, mopping like El Chapo

And if you love me with balls

Why do you speak ill of me?

Because of you, I don't believe in relationships

That was until I saw you

Butterflies are crashing against the walls of my stomach

They say your love is streetwise like Hector Lavoe's

Because out of nowhere you disappear like a magician

But you always come back because I wet you like a lake

And I feel butterflies in my stomach when I see you

That cat is mischievous and knows that I know, I don't give in

And I feel butterflies in my stomach when I see you

That cat is mischievous, I still savor that *ss

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Clayton Daikhuna Rogers, Eladio Carrion Morales Iii, Jonathan Miranda-Asencio, Michael Louis Crook, Noah K. Assad, Spencer Jordan Anderson

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"Mariposas" is Eladio Carrión admitting he has a crush he can't shake. The hook says it plainly: "Y yo siento mariposas en mi barriga si yo a ti te veo" (And I feel butterflies in my stomach when I see you). It's the same butterflies idiom English uses, which makes it an easy first line to learn.

The twist is that he knows she's trouble. "Esa gata es maliciosa" (That girl is sly), he says, using gata (literally "cat"), Puerto Rican slang for a girl. He compares her love to Héctor Lavoe, the salsa singer famous for his street life: "tu amor es de la calle" (your love belongs to the streets). She vanishes "como mago" (like a magician) and keeps coming back anyway.

The second verse is pure trap bragging, full of Spanglish verbs: dripiando (from English "drip", showing off his style) and flipiando (flipping, as in flipping money). He name-drops fellow Puerto Rican artists Farruko and Pedro Capó, and even El Chapo. Then he softens again: "Por tu culpa yo no creo en relaciones / Eso fue hasta que te vi" (Because of you I don't believe in relationships / That was until I saw you). It's a funny little contradiction, and kind of sweet.

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