Joaquín Sabina, is the second son of Adela Sabina del Campo and Jerónimo Martinez Gallego, which was a policeman. He attended a Carmelite primary school and he started writing his firsts poems and composing music at 14 years old. He was part of a band called Merry Youngs which imitated singers such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry or Little Richard.
In 1968 he enrolled in the University of Granada, but went into exile in London, using a fake passport, to avoid Francisco Franco's persecution. In London, he collaborated with other young artists in theater and cultural events.
In 1975, he started composing songs and singing at local bars. When the dictatorship ended in 1977 he returned to Spain and enrolled in the military.
In 1978 his first album, Inventario (Inventory), debuted with the number-one hit single Pongamos que hablo de Madrid (Let's say I'm talking about Madrid).
Afterwards, he released Malas compañías (The Wrong Crowd) and a live album called La mandrágora (The Mandragora), which caused much controversy due to the racy content of its lyrics. Spain was just coming out of the dictatorship, and Sabina's favorite topics have always been deemed "morally inappropriate" by some: the homeless, prostitutes, drunks, and Robin Hood-styled thieves. He is very much anti-stablishment.
In 1983 he released Ruleta Rusa (Russian Roulette) and two years later, Juez y parte (Judge and Jury). His political views led him to take part in the anti-NATO movement. He later published Joaquín Sabina y Viceversa.
In 1987 he released Hotel, dulce hotel (Hotel, Sweet Hotel), which sold a large number of records in Spain. That success followed with his next album El hombre del traje gris (The Man in The Gray Suit), and followed with a successful tour of South America.
In 1990 he released Mentiras piadosas (White Lies) and two years later Física y química (Physics and Chemistry), which led to another successful tour of the Americas.
His later albums Esta boca es mía (These Lips are Mine), Yo, mi, me contigo (I, Me, With You) and 19 días y 500 noches (19 Days and 500 Nights), won him recognition and multiple platinum albums.
After recovering from a stroke, he returned to the stage in 2002 with Dímelo en la calle (Let's Take It Outside). He later released a double album called Diario de un peatón (Diary of A Pedestrian), which included both his previous album and 12 new songs, along with a book illustrated by him.
In 2005 his new record Alivio de luto (Mourning Relief), put him in track to being one of the biggest names in Spanish musical stardom. The album comes with a DVD that includes interviews, music videos, acoustic versions of the songs and some home-made recordings.
Con lo que eso Duele
Joaquín Sabina Lyrics
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El son de tu pay pay vacuna mi deseo
Me consta que no fui, rubia, tu debut
Dimelo todo sin decir ni mú
Asesina, sister morfina
El para siempre es un bluff en horas de oficina
Desde que no te miro veo amanecer
Date el piro y que te folle un pez
Nones, porque no quiero
Que tus pezones me requisen las despedidas de soltero
Ni que me pisen por segunda vez
Con daños a terceros, señor juez
Mantis religiosa, pantys gaseosa
Botas con media suela rota a fin de mes
Las vecinas se han sentado a ver
Cómo agoniza el del noveno B
Entre vírgenes milagrosas
Qué quieres saber de tu prima
La próxima vez le salto encima
Dónde va a parar si en vez de ayunar
Me come una lima
Naufragué
En las rayas amarillas de los papeles
Como un buen pelele
Me cansé
Del trajín de los caínes y los abeles
Con lo que eso duele
Mire usted
Conejito, no me presiones
Maldito móvil tanto ring ring tocando los cojones
Te lo repito por tercera vez
No me apuntes con el almirez
Que abogado tan fino y mal pagado
Si quieres firmo tablas en el ajedrez
Tienes que aprender a decir adiós
La mejor distancia es la mayor
Cuando un taxi es una ambulancia
Qué quieres saber de tu prima
Primero debajo luego encima encima
Dónde va a parar si en vez de ayunar
Me come una lima
Derrapé
En las noches duermevela de los moteles
Pagando aranceles
Me cansé
Del run run de los palmeros y los caireles
Con lo que eso duele
Y después de ti luna y lunares
La vuelta al calcetín, las sábanas impares
La baba de las putas sin pedigri
La cicuta de los bares
Me manché
Con las arias legionarias de los cuarteles
Como un buen pelele
Me cansé
Del trajín de los caínes y los abeles
Con lo que eso duele
Madmuasel
Tanto por hacer
Me cansé
Del budismo zen de la tele
De los desamores que huelen
Joaquín Sabina's "Con lo que eso Duele" is a complex song with deeply personal lyrics that explore themes of love, loss, and regret. The song's opening lines set the stage for its dark tone, with Sabina declaring that "the playtime is over" and that the "sound of your pay pay" is "vaccinating" his desire. He then goes on to reflect on his past with a former lover, acknowledging that he wasn't her first and inviting her to tell him everything without speaking a word.
Sabina's lyrics take a darker turn as the song progresses, with references to drug addiction, infidelity, and the pain of failed relationships. He attempts to distance himself from his former partner, insisting that he doesn't want her to "seize his nipples" during bachelor parties and rejecting her attempts to reconcile. Sabina's frustration with his own feelings is palpable throughout the song, with lines like "the passion is a ruin" and "with what that hurts" underscoring the depth of his despair.
The song ends with a series of increasingly bleak lines, including references to "the saliva of unpedigreed whores" and "the hemlock of bars." Overall, "Con lo que eso Duele" is a powerful and emotionally charged track that showcases Sabina's skill both as a lyricist and a performer.
Line by Line Meaning
Bay-bay, se acabó el recreo
Goodbye, playtime is over
El son de tu pay pay vacuna mi deseo
The sound of your tambourine inoculates my desire
Me consta que no fui, rubia, tu debut
I know that I wasn't your debut, blonde
Dimelo todo sin decir ni mú
Tell me everything without saying a word
Asesina, sister morfina
Assassin, sister morphine
El para siempre es un bluff en horas de oficina
Forever is a bluff during office hours
Desde que no te miro veo amanecer
Since I no longer see you, I see the sunrise
Date el piro y que te folle un pez
Get out of here and let a fish fuck you
La pasión es una ruina
Passion is a ruin
Nones, porque no quiero
No, because I don't want to
Que tus pezones me requisen las despedidas de soltero
Your nipples shouldn't be requisitioning my bachelor parties
Ni que me pisen por segunda vez
Neither should I be stepped on a second time
Con daños a terceros, señor juez
With damage to third parties, Mr. Judge
Mantis religiosa, pantys gaseosa
Praying mantis, gaseous panties
Botas con media suela rota a fin de mes
Boots with half a sole worn out at the end of the month
Las vecinas se han sentado a ver
The neighbors have sat down to watch
Cómo agoniza el del noveno B
How the one from apartment 9B agonizes
Entre vírgenes milagrosas
Among miraculous virgins
Qué quieres saber de tu prima
What do you want to know about your cousin
La próxima vez le salto encima
Next time I'll jump on top of her
Dónde va a parar si en vez de ayunar
Where does it end if instead of fasting
Me come una lima
I eat a lime
Naufragué
I shipwrecked
En las rayas amarillas de los papeles
In the yellow lines of papers
Como un buen pelele
Like a good puppet
Me cansé
I got tired
Del trajín de los caínes y los abeles
From the hustle and bustle of the caínes and the abeles
Con lo que eso duele
With how that hurts
Mire usted
Look here
Conejito, no me presiones
Bunny, don't pressure me
Maldito móvil tanto ring ring tocando los cojones
Damn phone ringing so much and getting on my nerves
Te lo repito por tercera vez
I'm telling you for the third time
No me apuntes con el almirez
Don't aim the pestle at me
Que abogado tan fino y mal pagado
What a fine and poorly paid lawyer
Si quieres firmo tablas en el ajedrez
If you want, I'll sign the scorecard for chess
Tienes que aprender a decir adiós
You have to learn to say goodbye
La mejor distancia es la mayor
The best distance is the furthest
Cuando un taxi es una ambulancia
When a taxi is an ambulance
Derrapé
I skidded
En las noches duermevela de los moteles
In the half-sleep nights of motels
Pagando aranceles
Paying fees
Me cansé
I got tired
Del run run de los palmeros y los caireles
From the whispering of the palm tree climbers and the caireles
Con lo que eso duele
With how that hurts
Y después de ti luna y lunares
And after you, moon and polka dots
La vuelta al calcetín, las sábanas impares
The turn of the sock, the odd sheets
La baba de las putas sin pedigri
The drool of unpedigreed whores
La cicuta de los bares
The hemlock of the bars
Me manché
I stained myself
Con las arias legionarias de los cuarteles
With the legionary arias of the barracks
Como un buen pelele
Like a good puppet
Me cansé
I got tired
Del trajín de los caínes y los abeles
From the hustle and bustle of the caínes and the abeles
Con lo que eso duele
With how that hurts
Madmuasel
Mademoiselle
Tanto por hacer
So much to do
Me cansé
I got tired
Del budismo zen de la tele
From the Zen Buddhism of TV
De los desamores que huelen
From the loveless ones that smell
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAIME ASUA ABASOLO, JOAQUIN RAMON SABINA, JOAQUIN RAMON MARTINEZ SABINA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Real Equisa
La escuchaba con 15 años, hoy 31 años...
cada vez me llega mas!
jose campos
Buenisima!! De las mejores canciones de sabina de los últimos discos!
Anastasio almada
que grande es Sabina.. nadie compone como el
Pilar Garcia
A Sabina no hay que entenderlo ,hay que sentirlo .
Te adoro!.Por siempre!!!!!!❤❤
Flavia Pared
Por canciones como esta y por muchas cosas mas.. te amo Joaquito!!😍
Yamila
"La pasion es una ruina" " Tienes que aprender a decir adiós, la distancia es la mayor"
Sergio Nicolau
+Yamila Gomez "la mejor distancia es la mayor" :)
jose antonio moreno gonzalez
Tremendo,mi disco preferido
Richard Narvaez
sabiana es un genio ! siempre hay que prestarle mucha atencion a sus rolas !
tecrubio
El poeta desplegando toda su virtud