Lila Downs
Envidia lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:50
Ya no me tapas esta vez
You can't hide me this time.
Ya somos muchos
We are already many
Porque yo tengo lo que tú quisieras ser
Because I have what you would want to be
Ya no me tienes ahí debajo y escondida
You no longer have me there, beneath and hidden.
Ya no me insultas porque tienes el poder
You no longer insult me because you have the power
Ya no me
No longer me
Ya no me escondes en el clóset de tu casa
You no longer hide me in the closet of your house
Ya no te debo muchas horas de placer
I no longer owe you many hours of pleasure
Es más, tú sí
What's more, you definitely do
Tú sí me debes
You really owe me
Todos mis años
All my years
Mis mejores me quitaste
You took away my best ones
¿Dónde se fueron?
Where did they go?
¿Dónde se fueron las promesas del ayer?
Where have the promises of yesterday gone?
Envidia
Envy
Tú me tienes mucha envidia
You envy me so much
Porque soy todas las cosas
Because I'm everything
Que tú quieres para ti
That you want for yourself
Envidia
Envy
Es que me tienes envidia
It's just that you're envious of me
Viste la vida sonríe
You saw life smiling
Y mi corazón es feliz
And my heart is happy
Horas y horas acabándome por ti
Hours and hours consuming myself for you
Ya no seré la que se agacha y se calla
I will no longer be the one who bends down and stays silent
A mí se me respeta
I deserve respect
Lakota, Inca, Azteca, Mapuche, Maya
Lakota, Inca, Aztec, Mapuche, Maya
Mi herencia es una advertencia
My heritage is a warning
El mundo no se acaba porque yo no lo permito
The world won't end because I won’t allow it
Yo soy las lágrimas en esta piedra
I am the tears on this stone
Y danzaré este ritmo a la madre tierra
And I will dance this rhythm to Mother Earth
Todo lo que hago para ti es una afrenta
Everything I do for you is an offense
Y para nada, yo ya no te debo a ti
And for nothing, I no longer owe you
Si sabes bien y ya me conoces
If you know well and already know me
¿Pa' qué me invitas a tu fiesta de infeliz?
Why do you invite me to your miserable party?
Ya no me
You don't buy me anymore
Ya no me compras, porque aquí bonito cuesta
Because here, pretty comes at a cost
Que no me vendo con infames como tú
I don't sell out to scoundrels like you
Es más, tú sí
In fact, you do
Tú sí me debes
You do owe me
Todos mis años, mis mejores me robaste
All my years, my best you stole from me
¿Dónde se fueron?
Where did they go?
¿Dónde se fueron nuestros sueños del ayer?
Where have our dreams of yesterday gone?
Envidia
Envy
Tú me tienes mucha envidia
You are very envious of me
Porque soy todas las cosas
Because I am everything
Que tú quieres para ti
That you want for yourself
Envidia
Envy
Es que me tienes envidia
It's that you're envious of me
Viste la vida sonríe
You saw life smile
Y mi corazón es feliz
And my heart is happy
Viste la vida sonríe
See, life smiles
Y mi corazón es feliz
And my heart is happy
VistelLa vida sonríe
See, life smiles
Y mi corazón es feliz
And my heart is happy
Feliz
Happy
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Key vocabulary
- acaba
- endsA2
- porque
- becauseB1
- tienes
- haveA1
- ahí
- thereB1
- escondida
- hidden
- insultas
- insult
- escondes
- you hideC1
- clóset
- closetB1
- debo
- owe
- placer
- pleasureB2
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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.