Vergüenza Lyrics in English Ska-P

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Vergüenza by Ska-P from Spanish to English.

Olé!

Intro

Killer bullfighter

Verse 1

Between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

There's a land of sea and lots of sun

That has been practiced since long ago

A disgusting and dirty tradition

An individual dressed like a clown

Tortures and torments an animal to death

And the stands explode in madness

When the steel announces its end

Banderilleros thirsty for violence

Go on torturing with no compassion

The picadores carry on the slaughter

Intensifying stabs of pain

Badly wounded, he charges bravely

Verse 1

Against the chill of the steel that rips up his insides

Agonizing in a pool of blood

The puntillero finishes the show

Festivity

Criminal

Shame

Bullfighter

You are the shame of a nation

Bullfighter

You are the violence on TV

Bullfighter

You are a killer by vocation

Bullfighter

Your profession makes me sick

To call organized sadism culture

To violence, to death or to pain

Is an insult to our own intelligence

To the development of our evolution

Your indifference makes them powerful

Show that you reject the criminal festivity

Don't collaborate with a mad game

Bullfighting fans into the penal code

Criminal festivity, shame

Bullfighter

You are the shame of a nation

Bullfighter

You are the violence on TV

Bullfighter

You are a killer by vocation

Bullfighter

Your profession makes me sick

Festivity

Criminal

Shame

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SONG MEANING

Vergüenza hurls a burst of ska-punk fury at one of Spain’s oldest spectacles: bullfighting. Over punchy horns and defiant guitars, Ska-P portrays the bullring as a blood-soaked circus where a glitter-clad payaso torments an innocent animal while an ecstatic crowd roars. Each verse zooms in on the different tormentors—banderilleros, picadores, puntilleros—turning the supposed art of the corrida into a catalogue of calculated cruelty that ends in a pool of blood.

Behind the colourful insults and chant-along chorus lies a crystal-clear demand for change. The band argues that calling this ritual “culture” insults human intelligence and stalls our moral evolution, urging listeners to switch off the TV, boycott the event, and push for laws that send taurinos to the criminal code instead of prime-time broadcasts. The result is both protest anthem and party starter, inviting you to dance while sharpening your sense of justice.

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Ska-P Vergüenza Lyrics