Lila Downs
Chacarera para mi vuelta lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:13
Dejé mi tierra cantora
I left my singing land
Por conocer otros pagos
To see other places
Voy andando los caminos
I walk down the roads
Pero mi alma está en Santiago
But my soul is in Santiago
Desde entonces vivo sola
Since then I live alone
Por las calles de la vida
Through the streets of life
Callada sombra que pasa
Silent shadow that passes
Guitarra llena de herida
Guitar filled with wounds
Guitarra llena de heridas
Guitar filled with injuries
Mate amargo mal cebado
Bitter mate poorly brewed
Tu llanto dentro del pecho
Your tears inside my chest
Me anda llorando, llorando
Keep on crying, crying
Cuando yo pegue la vuelta
When I turn around
No se ni como ni cuando
I don't even know how or when
Tierra amada he de contarte
Beloved land, I must tell you
Lo mucho que te he añorado
How much I've longed for you
De tu distancia a la mía
From your distance to mine
Hay una cruz de madera
There's a wooden cross
Una nostalgia de canto
A nostalgia of song
Y un bailar de chacarera
And a dance of chacarera
Un bailar de chacarera
A dance of chacarera
Bajo este cielo estrellado
Under this starry sky
Donde comulgan los bombos
Where the drums commune
Con el viento y el sachayo
With the wind and the sachayo
Y al dormir baja la noche
And as I sleep, the night descends
Sobre la espuma del río
On the foam of the river
En la salas de un ochogos
In the rooms of an ochogos
Pa' no morirse de frío
To not die from the cold
Cuando yo pegué la vuelta
When I made my way back
Nose ni como ni cuando
I don't even know how or when
Tierra amada he de cantarte
Beloved land, I will sing to you
Lo mucho que te he añorado
How much I've missed you
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Key vocabulary
- cantora
- female singer
- amargo
- bitterB1
- está
- isA1
- otros
- othersA2
- conocer
- knowA2
- pagos
- paymentsB2
- alma
- soulB2
- desde
- fromA2
- sola
- aloneB2
- callada
- quiet
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.