Lila Downs
El feo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:28
Si te hablan de mi muchachita
If they talk to you about me, little girl
Si te hablan de mi en tu presencia
If they speak of me in your presence
Diles que yo soy tu negro santo
Tell them I'm your holy black man
Diles que yo soy tu negro santo
Tell them I'm your holy black man
Yo soy un feo, un feo que sabe amar
I’m an ugly one, an ugly one who knows how to love
Con todo su corazón que te quiere de verdad
With all his heart, who truly loves you
Yo soy un feo, un feo que sabe amar
I’m an ugly one, an ugly one who knows how to love
Con todo su corazón que te quiere de verdad
With all his heart, who truly loves you
Pa guiní cabe naa, xpádua huíne
For with you, I have nothing else, my beloved
Pa guiní cabe ke pechi nilu
For with you, I have nothing else, my treasure
Xindidó dnga naa pati feuna
Xindidó dnga naa pati feuna
Li mananu ca feu nga rana xhii
The moon shines bright in the night sky
Rudguidubi ládxidó
Né zachaga ná né lii
I am here, yes I am
Li mananu ca feu nga rana xhii
The moon shines bright in the night sky
Rudguidubi ládxidó
Né zachaga ná né lii
I am here, yes I am
Yo soy un feo, un feo que sabe amar
I am an ugly one, an ugly one who knows how to love
Con todo su corazón, que te quiere de verdad
With all his heart, who truly loves you
Yo soy un feo, un feo que sabe amar
I am an ugly one, an ugly one who knows how to love
Con todo su corazón, que te quiere de verdad
With all his heart, who truly cares for you
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Key vocabulary
- feo
- uglyA1
- muchachita
- young girl
- guiní
- unknown
- naa
- unknown
- xpádua
- unknown
- pechi
- unknown
- nilu
- unknown
- dnga
- unknown
- feuna
- unknown
- feu
- fire
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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.