Lila Downs
Dulce veneno lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:43
Hay verdades ocultas
There are hidden truths
Que se esconden en las costuras
That hide in the seams
Por la mentira se levantan las orillas
By the lie, the shores are raised
De la sociedad y todo lo que niega
Of society and all that it denies
¿Qué será verdad? ¿Qué será mentira?
What will be truth? What will be a lie?
¿Qué tienen tus ojos que cuando les busco cariño
What do your eyes have that when I seek affection
Algo tienen en el fondo y en tu mirada no les creo?
They have something deep down, and in your gaze, I don’t believe them?
De niña te enseñan a buscarte un guapo de telenovela
As a child, they teach you to find a handsome soap opera star
Y terminas con un hombre que solo se quiere a si mismo y ni te respeta
And you end up with a man who only loves himself and doesn’t even respect you
Eres venero que me fluye por el cuerpo
You are a spring that flows through my body
Soy un desierto sin tus manos
I am a desert without your hands
Eres un fusil cartucho
You are a cartridge rifle
Que aquí en mis manos puedes descansar
That here in my hands you can rest
Que necesito pa' vivir
That I need to live
Tu efímero canto para mi
Your fleeting song for me
Dulce veneno
Sweet poison
Hay verdades ocultas que se esconden en los cabellos
There are hidden truths that hide in the hair
Como si el pelo rubio cambiara tu ADN
As if blonde hair could change your DNA
Todo se facilita, todos quieren contigo
Everything becomes easier, everyone wants to be with you
Pero tu noche ¿Será verdad o será mentira?
But your night, will it be true or will it be a lie?
¿Qué tienen los vidrios que todo el tiempo estan poniendo tities?
What is it about the glass that keeps putting out curves?
De todo lo que miras hay más videos de nalgas que brincan
Of everything you see, there are more videos of bouncing butts
Que cosas que motivan, que levantan y que guian
Things that motivate, that uplift, and that guide
Eres venero que me fluye por el cuerpo
You're the current flowing through my body
Soy un desierto sin tus manos
I'm a desert without your hands
Eres un fusil cartucho
You're a rifle cartridge
Que aquí en mis manos puedes descansar
That you can rest in my hands here
Que necesito pa' vivir
That I need to live
Tu efímero canto para mi
Your fleeting song for me
Dulce veneno
Sweet poison
Eres venero que me fluye por el cuerpo
You are the stream that flows through my body
Soy un desierto sin tus manos
I am a desert without your hands
Eres un fusil cartucho
You are a cartridge rifle
Que aquí en mis manos puedes descansar
That here in my hands you can rest
Que necesito pa' vivir
That I need to live
Tu efímero canto para mi
Your fleeting song for me
Dulce veneno
Sweet poison
Dulce veneno
Sweet poison
Dulce veneno
Sweet poison
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Key vocabulary
- verdades
- truthsA2
- ocultas
- hiddenB1
- fusil
- rifleB2
- quieren
- wantB2
- aquí
- hereA1
- cosas
- thingsA1
- dulce
- sweetB1
- fondo
- backgroundB1
- esconden
- hide
- costuras
- seamsC2
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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.