Café Tacvba
María lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Indie Pop
- Length
- 3:52
Sale sola de noche María
She goes out alone at night, María
Pena por la ciudad
Sorrow through the city
Recorriendo las calles que un día
Wandering the streets that once
Negó besos en la oscuridad
Denied kisses in the dark
Y se nubla la vista, María
And the vision clouds, María
Porque duele recordar
Because it hurts to remember
Que los besos negados, María
That the kisses denied, María
Nunca más regresarán
Will never return again
Ahh ahh
Ahh ahh
En las noches por ese camino
On the nights along that path
Algo extraño puede pasar
Something strange might happen
Al sentir en los labios el frío
When you feel the cold on your lips
De otros labios que no verás
From other lips you won't see
Es María quien pena en las calles
It's Maria who mourns in the streets
Y debajo de un farol
And beneath a lamppost
Roba besos y vida a la gente
Stealing kisses and life from people
Mientras ella yace en un cajón
While she lies in a coffin
Ahh ahh
Ahh ahh
María bonita
Beautiful María
María marchita
Faded María
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Key vocabulary
- día
- dayA1
- ese
- thatA1
- maría
- MaryA1
- más
- moreA1
- negados
- deniedA1
- noche
- nightA1
- sale
- leaves
- sola
- aloneB2
- pena
- sorrowB1
- ciudad
- cityA1
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About this song
Café Tacvba are a Mexican rock en español band. Formed in Mexico City in the late 1980s, they are known for blending alternative rock with Mexican folk and other genres across acclaimed albums such as Re (1994) and their later genre-hopping releases.