Lila Downs
El venadito lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:30
Soy un pobre venadito
I'm a poor little deer
Que habito en la serranía
That lives in the highlands
Soy un pobre venadito
I'm a poor little deer
Que habito en la selva mía
That dwells in my jungle
Como no soy tan mancito
Since I'm not such a simpleton
No bajo al agua de día
I don't go down to the water by day
De noche poco a poquito
At night little by little
Y a tus brazos vida mia
And to your arms, my dear
Ya tengo listo el nopal
I've got the cactus ready
Donde he de cortar la tuna
Where I'll cut the prickly pear
Ya tengo listo el nopal
I already have the cactus ready
Donde he de cortar la tuna
Where I’m to cut the prickly pear
Como soy hombre formal
Since I’m a formal man
No me gusta tener una
I don’t like to have just one
Me gusta tener de a dos
I like to have two
Por si se me'noja alguna
In case one gets upset
Quisiera ser perla fina
I wish I were a fine pearl
De tus lucidos aretes
From your shiny earrings
Quisiera ser perla fina
I wish I were a fine pearl
De tus lucidos aretes
From your shiny earrings
Pa' besarte la orejita
To kiss your little ear
Y morderte los cachetes
And bite your cheeks
Quién te manda ser bonita
Who told you to be beautiful
Si esto a mi me compromete
If this puts me on the line
Quisiera ser perla fina
I wish to be a fine pearl
De tus lucidos aretes
From your shiny earrings
Pa' besarte la orejita
To kiss your little ear
Y morderte los cachetes
And bite your cheeks
Quién te manda ser bonita
Who told you to be beautiful
Si esto a mi me compromete
If this puts me on the line
Ya con esta me despido
With this one, I say goodbye
Pero pronto doy la vuelta
But soon I'll be back again
Ya con esta me despido
With this one, I say goodbye
Pero pronto doy la vuelta
But soon I'll be back again
No más que me libre dios
Just let me be free, God
De una niña mosca muerta
From a dead fly girl
De esas que ay! Mamá por Dios!
From those who, oh! Mama, for God's sake!
Pero salen a la puerta
But they come out to the door
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Key vocabulary
- venadito
- little deer
- habito
- habit
- serranía
- mountains
- alguna
- someA2
- más
- moreB1
- quisiera
- I wouldB1
- mía
- mineC1
- como
- likeB1
- mancito
- small hand
- poquito
- littleC2
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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.