Ódiame Lyrics in English by Cazzu

Ódiame is a breakup song where the person who got burned ends up holding all the cards. Cazzu opens with ashes: "Cenizas quedan de los dos" (only ashes are left of the two of us) and "Tú me quemaste el corazón" (you burned my heart). She admits she used to beg: "Yo mendigaba un poco de amor" (I used to beg for a little love).

Then the tables turn. Now he is the one "llorando de soledad" (crying from loneliness), begging for the pity he never showed her. The chorus is a dare: "Ódiame, si puedes" (hate me, if you can) and "Olvídame" (forget me), followed by "no puedes nunca más" (you can't anymore). Notice the Argentine vos in "Juré por vos respeto y lealtad" (I swore respect and loyalty to you): that is the everyday "you" in Argentina.

The second verse gets violent with its images: love as poison on the tip of a dagger, a shot in the back "sin honor" (without honor). Her answer is pure attitude: "soy la dura de matar" (I'm the one who's hard to kill), a nod to the action-movie phrase "hard to kill".