Lila Downs
Amo-te lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:09
Amo la luz de este día
I love the light of this day
Amo a mi vecina
I love my neighbor
Amo el viento que entibia
I love the warm wind
Amo la vida
I love life
Que te atreviste a enamorarme
That you dared to make me fall in love
Un hilo suelto al corazón
A loose thread to the heart
Por la melancolía
Because of the melancholy
Profundo, mis respiros
Deep, my breaths
Sentir la vida
To feel life
Amo la noche y el silencio
I love the night and the silence
Amo el fuego y la oscuridad
I love the fire and the darkness
Amo tu boca y tu cuerpo
I love your mouth and your body
Amo tus ojos de mar
I love your sea-like eyes
Todos dirán qué hago en tu día
Everyone will say what I'm doing in your day
Si mi placer es destruirla
If my pleasure is to destroy it
Pensarán que no tengo
They'll think I have no
Derecho de quererte
Right to love you
De amar, pero amo
To love, but I do love
Amo ayer y el día que miraría
I love yesterday and the day I would see
Tus ojos como nadie te ve
Your eyes like no one else sees you
Jamás sabría cómo podría
I would never know how I could
Olvidarte jamás
Forget you ever
Amo la lucha y la batalla
I love the struggle and the fight
Amo-te en la madrugada
I love you in the early morning
Amo el camión que te lleva
I love the truck that takes you
Amo la vida
I love life
Todos dirán qué hago en tu vida
Everyone will say what I do in your life
Si mi placer es destruirla
If my pleasure is to destroy it
Pensarán que no tengo
They will think I don't have
Derecho de quererte
The right to love you
De amar, pero amo
To love, but I love
Pero amo
But I love
Te-, eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh, eh-eh
You-, eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh, eh-eh
Amo la luz de este día
I love the light of this day
Amo a mi vecina
I love my neighbor
Amo el viento que entibia
I love the warm wind
Amo la vida
I love life
Amo
I love
La vida
Life
Key vocabulary
- pensarán
- will think
- quererte
- to love
- amar
- to love; to like or be fond ofB2
- miraría
- would look
- sabría
- would know
- amo-te
- love you
- eh-eh-eh
- hesitation
- eh-eh
- uh-uh
- suelto
- looseB1
- amo
- loveA2
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About this song
Lila Downs is a Mexican-born singer-songwriter and performer. She makes Indigenous Mexican-rooted music that blends North American jazz and Latin American folk, and is known for albums such as Ofrenda and for receiving Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.