Lila Downs
Clandestino lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:41
Sola voy con mi pena, sola va mi condena
Alone I walk with my sorrow, alone goes my condemnation
Correr es mi destino, para burlar la ley
Running is my fate, to evade the law
Perdida en el corazón, de la grande Babilón
Lost in the heart, of great Babylon
Me dicen clandestino, por no llevar papel
They call me clandestine, for not carrying papers
Pa' una ciudad del norte, yo me fui a trabar
To a city in the north, I went to work
Mi vida la dejé, entre Tijuana y Bagdad
I left my life, between Tijuana and Baghdad
Soy una raya en el mar, fantasma en la ciudad
I'm a stripe in the sea, a ghost in the city
Mi vida va prohibida, dice la autoridad
My life is forbidden, says the authority
(Un saludo al grupo Cual)
(A shout out to the group Cual)
(La misteriosa)
(The mysterious)
(Sonora Tropical)
(Tropical Sound)
Sola voy con mi pena, sola va mi condena
Alone I walk with my sorrow, alone goes my sentence
Correr es mi destino, por no llevar papel
Running is my destiny, for having no paper
Perdida en el corazón, de la grande Babilón
Lost in the heart of great Babylon
Me dicen clandestino, yo soy la quiebra ley
They call me clandestine, I am the breaking of the law
Peruano (Clandestino)
Peruvian (Clandestine)
Hondureño (Clandestino)
Honduran (Clandestine)
Mexicana (Clandestina)
Mexican (Clandestine)
Marihuana (Ilegal)
Marijuana (Illegal)
Si no peleamos por los niños ¿Qué será de nosotros?
If we don't fight for the children, what will become of us?
Sola voy con mi pena, sola va mi condena
Alone I go with my sorrow, alone goes my sentence
Correr es mi destino, para burlar la ley
Running is my destiny, to escape the law
Perdida en el corazón, de la grande Babilón
Lost in the heart, of great Babylon
Me dicen clandestino, yo soy la quiebra ley
They call me clandestine, I am the lawbreaker
Venezolano (Clandestino)
Venezuelan (Clandestine)
Colombiano (Clandestino)
Colombian (Clandestine)
Sonorence (Clandestino)
Sonoran (Clandestine)
Corderiza (Ilegal)
Cordero (Illegal)
Chapaneca (Clandestina)
Chapaneca (Clandestine)
Guerrerence (Clandestino)
Guerrerense (Clandestine)
Nicaragüense (Clandestino)
Nicaraguan (Clandestine)
Salvadoreño (Ilegal)
Salvadoran (Illegal)
Boliviano (Clandestino)
Bolivian (Clandestine)
Oaxaqueña (Clandestina)
Oaxacan (Clandestine)
Ecuatoriano (Clandestino)
Ecuadorian (Clandestine)
Tapatia (Ilegal)
From Jalisco (Illegal)
In United States of America
In the United States of America
Detention Centers
Detention Centers
Los Centros de Detención
The Detention Centers
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Key vocabulary
- ecuatoriano
- EcuadorianA1
- niños
- childrenA1
- norte
- northA1
- papel
- paperA1
- voy
- I goA1
- dice
- saysB2
- prohibida
- forbiddenB2
- será
- will beB2
- sonora
- soundB2
- burlar
- to mockC1
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.