Surreal love, playful language, and pure imagination
This song does not try to be realistic.
It deliberately avoids it.
Un Beso de Desayuno by Calle 13 is playful, absurd, poetic, and unexpectedly tender. It mixes food, space, nature, and affection in ways that do not logically make sense but emotionally do.
For Spanish learners, this is a goldmine because:
- It stretches vocabulary in creative ways
- It shows how Spanish can be metaphorical and playful
- It introduces Caribbean-style phrasing and rhythm without needing technical breakdown
Difficulty level: B2
- Surreal love, playful language, and pure imagination
- Listen to the song
- Un Beso de Desayuno – Lyric Translation
- Vocabulary and Grammar Deep Dive
- Quick Quiz
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Listen to the song
Un Beso de Desayuno – Calle 13
Listen for imagery rather than literal meaning. The fun is in how unexpected the lines are.
Un Beso de Desayuno – Lyric Translation
Yo quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo
I want to walk over your hair
Hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja
Until I reach the navel of your ear
Y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas
And recite a little tickle to you
Y regalarte una sabana de almejas
And gift you a blanket of clams
Darte un beso de desayuno
Give you a breakfast kiss
Para irnos volando hasta Neptuno
So we can fly all the way to Neptune
Si hace frío te caliento con una sopa de
If it is cold I warm you with a soup of
Amapolas
Poppies
Y con un fricase de acerolas
And with a fricassee of acerolas
Quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo
I want to walk over your hair
Hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja
Until I reach the navel of your ear
Y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas
And recite a little tickle to you
Y regalarte una sabana de almejas
And gift you a blanket of clams
Darte un beso de desayuno
Give you a breakfast kiss
Para irnos volando hasta Neptuno
So we can fly all the way to Neptune
Si hace frío te caliento con una sopa de
If it is cold I warm you with a soup of
Amapolas
Poppies
Y con un fricase de acerolas
And with a fricassee of acerolas
Tú eres un panal de dulces
You are a honeycomb of sweets
Fruta fresca
Fresh fruit
Tú tienes una mirada demasia’o pintoresca
You have a very picturesque look
Una mirada color infinito
A look of infinite color
Tú me pones el estomago blandito
You make my stomach feel soft
Vamos pasito a pasito, siguiéndonos las huellas
Let us go step by step, following our footprints
Caminando en una tombola de estrellas
Walking in a raffle of stars
Un trayecto con clima perfecto
A journey with perfect weather
Regálame una sonrisita con sabor a viento
Give me a little smile with the taste of wind
Tú eres mi vitamina del pecho, mi fibra
You are my chest’s vitamin, my fiber
Tú eres todo lo que me equilibra
You are everything that balances me
Un balance, lo que me complementa
A balance, what completes me
Un masajito con sabor a menta
A little massage with a mint flavor
Tú, tienes una cosita que brilla
You have a little thing that shines
Que sobresale
That stands out
Por eso quiero que tú me regales
That is why I want you to give me
30 carnavales, 400 mil cuentos
30 carnivals, 400 thousand stories
Una cajita pa’ guardar los momentos
A little box to store moments
Vamos a hacer burbujas dentro el café
Let us make bubbles inside coffee
Vamos a tener 100 bebes y a dejar los cliches pa’
Let us have 100 babies and leave clichés for
Otro día
Another day
Tú me hiciste brujería, bruja
You cast a spell on me, witch
Vamonos pa’ Cuba
Let us go to Cuba
A cien millas, patinando por las Antillas
At one hundred miles, skating through the Antilles
Vamo’ a ser un compromiso sin capilla
Let us make a commitment without a chapel
Con una siembra de trigo y con la luna de testigo
With a planting of wheat and the moon as witness
Enrolladitos usando el mismo abrigo
Wrapped together using the same coat
Quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo
I want to walk over your hair
Hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja
Until I reach the navel of your ear
Y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas
And recite a little tickle to you
Y regalarte una sabana de almejas
And gift you a blanket of clams
Darte un beso de desayuno
Give you a breakfast kiss
Para irnos volando hasta Neptuno
So we can fly all the way to Neptune
Si hace frío te caliento con una sopa de
If it is cold I warm you with a soup of
Amapolas
Poppies
Y con un fricase de acerolas
And with a fricassee of acerolas
Tú eres todo un evento, una pintura
You are an entire event, a painting
En movimiento
In motion
Un árbol que respira, tú eres una diosa kalima
A breathing tree, you are a goddess Kalima
Tú rimas
You rhyme
Conmigo tú combina, ¿que tal?
With me you match, how about that?
Si yo me inyecto el pulgar
If I inject my thumb
En la boca y me inflo como un globo?
In my mouth and inflate like a balloon?
Nos estacionamos en un árbol de algarrobo
We park in a carob tree
Vámonos que el tiempo es oro
Let us go because time is gold
La noche a da’o un estirón
The night has stretched
Y tengo el océano de chaperón
And I have the ocean as a chaperone
Mis piernas se convirtieron en algodón
My legs turned into cotton
Por que estar contigo se siente cabrón
Because being with you feels amazing
Quiero caminar por encima de tu pelo
I want to walk over your hair
Hasta llegar al ombligo de tu oreja
Until I reach the navel of your ear
Y recitarte un poquito de cosquillas
And recite a little tickle to you
Y regalarte una sabana de almejas
And gift you a blanket of clams
Darte un beso de desayuno
Give you a breakfast kiss
Para irnos volando hasta Neptuno
So we can fly all the way to Neptune
Si hace frío te caliento con una sopa de
If it is cold I warm you with a soup of
Amapolas
Poppies
Y con un fricase de acerolas
And with a fricassee of acerolas
Vocabulary and Grammar Deep Dive
1. Cosquillas
Recitarte un poquito de cosquillas.
Meaning
Tickles.
Example
Me hacen cosquillas y me río.
They tickle me and I laugh.
2. Pintoresco
Mirada pintoresca.
Meaning
Picturesque or visually striking.
Example
El pueblo es muy pintoresco.
The town is very picturesque.
3. Sobresalir
Que sobresale.
Meaning
To stand out.
Example
Ella sobresale en su trabajo.
She stands out in her work.
4. Brujería
Me hiciste brujería.
Meaning
Witchcraft or metaphorically “you enchanted me”.
Example
Parece brujería cómo me hace sentir.
It feels like magic how it makes me feel.
5. Compromiso
Un compromiso sin capilla.
Meaning
Commitment.
Example
Tenemos un compromiso serio.
We have a serious commitment.
Grammar Pattern to Notice
Infinitive for desire
Quiero caminar
Quiero regalarte
Vamos a hacer
Used to express intention, plans, or desires.
Example
Quiero aprender español.
I want to learn Spanish.
Quick Quiz
- “Cosquillas” means
A. Pain
B. Tickles
C. Cold
D. Heat - “Pintoresco” means
A. Boring
B. Loud
C. Picturesque
D. Dark - “Sobresalir” means
A. To hide
B. To stand out
C. To fall
D. To break - “Brujería” means
A. Science
B. Art
C. Magic or witchcraft
D. Medicine - “Compromiso” means
A. Joke
B. Travel
C. Commitment
D. Secret
Answers
1-B
2-C
3-B
4-C
5-C
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