Lila Downs
Canción mixteca lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:55
Que lejos estoy del suelo
How far I am from the ground
Donde he nacido
Where I was born
Inmensa nostalgia
Immense nostalgia
Invade mi pensamiento
Invades my thoughts
Al verme tan solo y triste
Seeing myself so lonely and sad
Cual hoja el viento
Like a leaf in the wind
Quisiera llorar
I would like to cry
Quisiera morir
I would like to die
De sentimiento
From the feeling
nda xika nakai, noo ño'o noo ni kakui
nda xika nakai, noo ño'o noo ni kakui
ndikano kundavi ini, xi'in mia ntooni.
I sing to you, where my soul is.
ta xandei'mi ta itoi, ta ndavi ndei ndaa noo tachi
With each heartbeat I feel, your love sparks within me.
ndi kuni kuakui, ndikuni kui'vi xaa ndoi' ini.
I can't quiet my heart, I can't let go of you.
Oh! Tierra del sol
Oh! Land of the sun
Suspiro por verte
I sigh to see you
Ahora que lejos
Now that you're far away
Yo vivo sin luz, sin amor
I live without light, without love
Y al verme tan sola y triste
And seeing myself so alone and sad
Cual hoja el viento
Like a leaf in the wind
Quisiera llorar
I wish I could cry
Quisiera morir
I would like to die
De sentimiento
From feeling
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ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah
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noo ño'o ñaa ñu'u xaka ini kandei'yoo
noo ño'o ñaa ñu'u xaka ini kandei'yoo
ta viti na xika
it's just for you, little one
yee yoi ni ño'o, ni ñaa mani.
yeh, it's not just for you, it's not just for me.
ta xandei' mi ta itoi, ta ndavi ndei ndaa noo tachi
it's heavy on me, it's pressing on you, it's not easy at all.
ndikuni kuakui, ndikuni kui'vi xaa ndo'ini.
I walk in the sun, I walk under the stars.
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Key vocabulary
- ahora
- nowA1
- donde
- whereB1
- inmensa
- immense
- invade
- invades
- verme
- meB1
- tan
- soA2
- cual
- whichB2
- hoja
- leafA2
- llorar
- cryB1
- nda
- —
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.