Medicina De Amor Lyrics in English by Raulin Rodriguez

Traicionera is a powerful adjective meaning 'treacherous' or a noun for a female 'betrayer'. It's a classic word in dramatic Latin music, packed with emotion and accusation.

In this bachata anthem, Raulin Rodriguez saves this word for a spoken-word outro. He calls the woman who broke his heart a "mujer cobarde y traicionera" (a cowardly and treacherous woman), pouring out all his pain and bitterness in a climactic moment.

Dominican bachata legend Raulín Rodríguez does not hold back any drama here. He frames heartbreak as a literal illness, pleading for medicina de amor (medicine of love) to heal what he dramatically calls his cáncer de amor (cancer of love). As time drags on—otro año pasó (another year passed)—he watches himself waste away while wondering if his ex will simply let him perish. There is a bizarre push and pull across the track. On one hand, he promises eternal tenderness, swearing te cuidaré y te guiaré (I will care for you and I will guide you) because he claims there is no bitterness left inside him.

Then he completely flips the script in a spoken break, and the polite mask falls right off. He dedicates the track to a mujer cobarde y traicionera (cowardly and treacherous woman) who destroyed his soul and failed to value him. It is blunt, petty, and wild to hear him demand a cure from the exact person he just put on blast. He insists he will find comfort in her memory alone—con él me consolaré (with it I will console myself)—even while begging her to show up with the antidote before it is too late.