La Farsante Lyrics in English Carin Leon

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Farsante by Carin Leon from Spanish to English.
I thought that you were good
I thought that you were sincere
I gave you my affection
You turned out to be treacherous
You made me rebellious
You made me your enemy
You, who betrayed me
Without reason and without motive
This pride that I have, you're not gonna see it
On the ground, thrown like trash
I'll even strip off my name
And I give you my word of honor
That you won't mock me
I swear to you by everything that happened
That you'll regret this harm you've done to me
You know that I won't rest until I see you at my feet
And you can take that for granted
Ay, ay, ay, b*tch
And pure King's crown, old man
You'll see, traitor
You're gonna pay dearly for it
I'm good when things are good
And when things are bad, I'm very bad
You didn't want to be good
And now you see what comes of it
I didn't want to be bad
But it's your fault
And the thing is that you're not gonna mock me anymore
Today, out of sheer whim, I'll make you love me
You'll see that you'll even learn how you must love
God in a foreign land
Because you betrayed me behind my back
Today, for that, I'm gonna strip away what's phony in you
And I'm gonna make you, on your knees, ask me for forgiveness
And beg me for love in front of your lover
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SONG MEANING

Carin León turns heartbreak into a fiery corrido in “La Farsante.” At first he paints himself as the trusting romantic who thought he’d found someone honest, only to discover she was a “traicionera” – a back-stabbing pretender. When that illusion shatters, pride kicks in: he refuses to be walked on like “basura,” trading tenderness for a vow of revenge. Every line drips with wounded ego, regional slang, and the swagger of norteño guitars, showing how love’s sting can flip a good-natured man into someone “muy malo.”

The song’s story is clear and dramatic: betrayal → rage → payback. León promises not to rest until his ex is on her knees begging forgiveness, teaching her “cómo debes amar.” It is a raw anthem of masculine pride where hurt turns to defiance, echoing the centuries-old tradition of Mexican ranchera ballads that blend passion, bitterness, and bravado in equal measure. Listeners feel both the pain of lost trust and the electric charge of standing tall after being wronged.

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