La Diabla Lyrics in English Romeo Santos

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Diabla by Romeo Santos from Spanish to English.

I bet the feelings

And I played on a slow burn with love

I faced the competition

Forgetting her indolence

That was my mistake

Because of a Don Quixote complex I kept going

This waste from bad to worse

Not even in Russian roulette

My rival that's so cunning

That's how she took advantage

And as you see I'm not an angel with good intuition

I went in point-blank and she beat me

I lost, I played with a she-devil that's an expert

In those love games and I lost

Her chips and cards don't fail her

But she has no compassion

I lost, I wasn't the first

Nor the last that loses

And if she came back and was moved

I challenge her to another duel and

In the rematch I come back and lose my heart

Listen to Romeo's words

The king stay kings, yes sir

And as you see I'm not an angel with good intuition

I went in point-blank and she beat me

I lost, I played with a she-devil that's an expert

In those love games and I lost

Her chips and cards don't fail her

But she has no compassion

I lost, I wasn't the first

Nor the last that loses

And if she came back and was moved

I challenge her to another duel and

In the rematch I come back and lose my heart

I lost, I played with a she-devil that's an expert

In those love games and I lost

Her chips and cards don't fail her

But she has no compassion

I lost, I wasn't the first

Nor the last that loses

And if she came back and was moved

I challenge her to another duel and

In the rematch, you lose

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SONG MEANING

Romeo Santos throws us into the smoky back room of a love-casino in La Diabla. He admits he "bet his feelings" and faced off against a woman he calls “the she-devil,” a ruthless card shark who never loses. Blinded by a Don Quixote-style idealism, he keeps raising the stakes while she coolly stacks her chips. References to Russian roulette and point-blank defeat paint the romance as a dangerous game where the house always wins—and the house is her.

The catchy chorus, "Perdí, jugué con una diabla… y perdí," repeats like a dealer flipping inevitable cards, underscoring the main idea: falling for someone who plays without mercy can only end in heartbreak. Yet Romeo’s narrator is hooked on the thrill. He knows he is neither the first nor the last to lose, and he would still challenge her again even if it means forfeiting his heart once more. La Diabla turns a classic bachata groove into a high-stakes cautionary tale, reminding us that the most intoxicating romances are often the riskiest games of all.

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Romeo Santos La Diabla Lyrics