
Lila Downs
Dime quién soy yo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:26
Toma un puño de arena fina
Take a handful of fine sand
Extiéndela por tu camino
Spread it along your path
Baja hasta el fondo de tu alma y comprenderás
Go down to the depths of your soul and you'll understand
Que en la vida solo manda el destino
That in life, only fate commands
Dime quién soy yo, la que manda, la que ordena
Tell me, who am I, the one who leads, the one who decides
La que lleva el timón, la que sufre las penas
The one who steers the ship, the one who bears the sorrows
Pero dime quién soy yo, la que canta cuando llora
But tell me, who am I, the one who sings when she cries
La que ríe en los momentos cuando la pena me ahoga
The one who laughs in moments when grief drowns me
Y acaríciame la cara
And caress my face
Que me ves llorando
For you see me crying
Y no sientes nada
And you don't feel anything
Y acaríciame la cara
And caress my face
Que me ves llorando
Because you see me crying
Y no sientes nada
And you don't feel anything
Le doy gracias a la vida porque tengo lo que quiero
I give thanks to life because I have what I want
Alguien que por mí suspira, aunque sea desde el cielo
Someone who sighs for me, even if it's from the sky
Y cicatriza las heridas que aparecen en mis sueños
And heals the wounds that appear in my dreams
Y a veces se pone triste, sabe que la echo de menos
And sometimes she gets sad, she knows I miss her
Y acaríciame la cara
And caress my face
Que me ves llorando
Because you see me crying
Y no sientes nada (nada, nada, nada, nada)
And you feel nothing (nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing)
Y acaríciame la cara
And caress my face
Que me ves llorando
Because you see me crying
Y no sientes nada
And you feel nothing
Y amando, a amar se aprende amando
And loving, you learn to love through loving
Y amando, y no aprendiste nada
And loving, and you learned nothing
Y amándote te di lo que tenía
And loving you, I gave you all I had
Y amando, y ya no tengo nada
And loving, and I have nothing left
Y acaríciame
And caress me
'Íciame la cara (acaríciame)
'Caress my face (caress me)
Que me ves llorando (acaríciame)
That you see me crying (touch me)
Y no sientes nada (nada, nada, nada)
And you don't feel anything (nothing, nothing, nothing)
Y acarí-acaríciame la cara (acaríciame)
And touch-touch my face (touch me)
Que me ves llorando (acaríciame)
That you see me crying (touch me)
Y tú no sientes nada
And you don't feel anything
Y acarí-acaríciame la cara
And touch-touch my face
Que me ves llorando
That you see me crying
Y no sientes nada
And you don't feel anything
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Key vocabulary
- arena
- sandB1
- extiéndela
- extend it
- aunque
- althoughB1
- cara
- faceA1
- solo
- onlyA1
- cielo
- skyA2
- desde
- fromA2
- baja
- lowA2
- hasta
- untilA1
- fondo
- backgroundB1
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.