Antes De Todo Aquello Lyrics in English by Mala Rodríguez
Tramposa is the feminine form of tramposo, meaning someone who cheats, bends the rules, or plays tricks. In the lyric "vida de tramposa" ("a cheater's life"), it gives the song a bold, rebellious edge, suggesting a life lived by playing the game on her own terms.
Mala Rodríguez sings a farewell to someone she can't name. The chorus keeps circling back to "No quiero ir sin despedirme" (I don't want to go without saying goodbye) and "Yo la vi en el camino" (I saw her on the road), a secret that "muchos siguen sin saberlo" (many still don't know). The verses read like a restless diary: "No quiero más de lo mismo, quiero más de otra cosa" (I don't want more of the same, I want more of something else), and a moon that shows up "a las 4 de la tarde sin pedir disculpas" (at 4 in the afternoon without apologising).
The second verse turns the departure into a rebirth: "Nadie que me dé de mamar en este nuevo nacimiento" (nobody to nurse me in this new birth). She admits she plays "vida de tramposa" (a cheat's life) to get by, and asks "¿quién me gobierna?" (who governs me?) on behalf of "todas las mujeres en mí" (all the women in me). It closes on one wish, repeated: "quiero sentirlo por última vez" (I want to feel it one last time).
