Mariposas Lyrics in English by Bely Basarte

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mariposas by Bely Basarte from Spanish to English.

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With you I don't want flowers or songs

I want to travel without brakes and escape at midnight

With you I don't want to plan a whole life

I prefer to improvise without fear of a fall

Butterflies that stir when you touch me

And everything stops around if you and I look at each other like this

It's your kisses igniting me slowly

And every corner of my room pays attention to see us here

Rolling on the floor

Bypassing the mattress

Today we reach the sky, hold on

And lose control

Let our jeans be unnecessary

And sweat dresses us

That there isn't a single inch on our skin

Without a dose of love

Hmm mmm

Tarararara, tara, tara

With you I forget that borders exist

And I want the afternoons of caresses to be eternal

That with you I want to live a thousand adventures

Laugh all night and dance under the rain

Butterflies that stir when you touch me

And everything stops around if you and I look at each other like this

Rolling on the floor

Bypassing the mattress

Today we reach the sky, hold on

And lose control

Let our jeans be unnecessary

And sweat dresses us

That there isn't a single inch on our skin

Without a dose of love

You'll think of me if someday the end comes

I'll look for you in my sheets

Forget the champagne, I don't need to toast to be

Rolling on the floor

Bypassing the mattress

Today we reach the sky, hold on

And lose control

Let our jeans be unnecessary

And sweat dresses us

That there isn't a single inch on our skin

Without a dose of love

We were beginning the pleasure on the skin

We're only left losing control

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ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ DE UBAGO RODRIGUEZ, JACOBO CALDERON FERNANDEZ, MARIA DE BELEN BASARTE MENA

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Mariposas — Butterflies

Mariposas literally means "butterflies." While it's a common word, its use in this song is particularly evocative and universally understood as a metaphor for the fluttery, nervous, yet exciting feeling of new love or intense attraction.

In the lyrics, "Mariposas que se revuelven cuando me rozas" (Butterflies that stir when you touch me), it perfectly captures that classic sensation of having "butterflies in your stomach." This makes it an engaging and relatable word for anyone experiencing the thrill of romance, making it a great hook to explore the song's theme.

Bely Basarte opens by throwing out the whole script of a normal relationship: "Contigo yo no quiero ni flores ni canciones" (With you I don't want flowers or songs). She'd rather skip the plans and just go, "Quiero viajar sin frenos y escapar a media noche" (I want to travel without brakes and escape at midnight). The title shows up a few lines later, right in the moment a touch does something to her: "Mariposas que se revuelven cuando me rozas" (Butterflies that stir when you touch me), and for a second the whole room seems to hold still and watch.

By the chorus the song has stopped being coy about what it wants. The jeans are the first thing to go, "Que nos sobren los vaqueros" (Let our jeans be unnecessary), and the two of them end up on the floor instead of the bed. What she's actually asking for is total coverage: "Que no quede ni un solo palmo en nuestra piel" (That there isn't a single inch on our skin), "Sin dosis de amor" (Without a dose of love). It's a song built entirely around that one physical spark, not around anything either of them plans to say about it later.

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