Lila Downs
El corrido de Tacha “La Teibolera” lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:46
Pa' México
To Mexico
Llegó en la flecha roja, esa muchacha
She arrived on the red arrow, that girl
Con sus tacones negros de charol
With her black patent leather heels
Vidita mía, ay, ay de mi morena
Oh my life, ay, ay for my dark-haired one
Cosa más buena como Tacha no he visto yo
I've never seen anything as good as Tacha
14 años tenía la Tacha en ese entonces
Tacha was just 14 years old back then
Cuando su madre la casaba con un señor
When her mother was marrying her off to a man
Como por chiquitita se la llevaban
Because she was so little, they took her away
En una noche a oscuras Tacha escapó
On one dark night, Tacha escaped
Cántame Tacha una rancherita
Sing to me, Tacha, a little ranchera
Porque el recuerdo me va a matar
Because the memory is going to kill me
Cántame Tacha, de esas bonitas
Sing for me Tacha, one of those pretty ones
De esas que a un hombre lo hacen llorar
One of those that makes a man cry
Pa' México
For Mexico
Pa' México
For Mexico
Pa' México
For Mexico
Pa' México
For Mexico
Porque la noche es triste y Tacha era sola
Because the night is sad and Tacha was alone
Tuvo que hacer su lucha de bar en bar
She had to fight her way from bar to bar
Con su boquita pinta de teibolera
With her lips painted like a dancer
Y en la cantina, en una mesa subió a cantar
And in the tavern, at a table she stood up to sing
Esos ojitos y esos labios son mi desvelo
Those little eyes and those lips are my sleepless nights
Por más que quiero olvidar, no puedo más
No matter how hard I try to forget, I can't anymore
Con esas copas y esas canciones tristes
With those drinks and those sad songs
La teibo-, teibo-, teibolera Tacha me fue a embrujar
The party girl Tacha came to cast her spell on me
Cántame Tacha una rancherita
Sing for me, Tacha, a little ranchera
Porque el recuerdo me va a matar
Because the memory is going to kill me
Cántame Tacha, de esas bonitas
Sing for me, Tacha, one of those beautiful ones
De esas que a un hombre lo hacen llorar
One of those that makes a man cry
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Key vocabulary
- méxico
- MexicoA2
- buena
- goodA2
- llegó
- arrivedB1
- flecha
- arrowA2
- esa
- thatA1
- muchacha
- girl
- tacones
- heels
- charol
- polish
- vidita
- little life
- mía
- mineC1
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.