AMARGURA Lyrics in English by KAROL G

Amargura literally translates to "bitterness". It's a powerful emotional word that perfectly captures a feeling of sadness mixed with resentment or disappointment.

In the song, which is also titled "AMARGURA", KAROL G sings about the pain of seeing her ex happy with someone new. The key line, "qué amargura me da" (what bitterness it gives me), is the heart of the track, expressing the deep sorrow and heartbreak she feels despite trying to act like she's okay.

Colombian superstar KAROL G delivers the ultimate heartbreak anthem disguised as a danceable reggaeton track with "AMARGURA". The setup is painfully relatable: she spots her ex out in public looking totally happy and kissing someone new. While she pretends everything is fine on the outside, she admits the bitter truth inside: "Baby, qué amargura me da, saber que ahora / Tú estás vacilando con otra" ("Baby, it gives me such bitterness to know that now / You're messing around with someone else"). She puts on a brave face with "Por fuera me río, pero por adentro estoy rota" ("On the outside I laugh, but on the inside I'm broken"), trying to convince herself that at least one of them is spared the tears.

She runs through a clever countdown using numbers from one to five (primero, segundo, tercero, cuarto, quinto), while admitting to classic post-breakup behaviors like obsessively saving old photos and being left on read ("Me duele ver cómo me dejas en visto"). She even mocks her own delusions with the great Spanish idiom "Yo misma los pajaritos me pinto" (literally "I paint the little birds myself," meaning she invents false illusions that he still misses her). Instead of drinking socially with him, she drinks to forget him, wrapping up the track with the blunt request: "Esta canción / Que no me la pongan borracha" ("Don't play this song when I'm drunk").