Lila Downs
Inmortal lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:41
Pueblo, fuente de mi vida
People, source of my life
Valle, aroma de Chepil
Valley, scent of Chepil
Humo blanco de una primavera
White smoke of a springtime
Bajo la sombra fresca de un triste laurel
Under the cool shade of a sorrowful laurel
Juntos fuimos todo
Together we were everything
El tiempo no pasaba
Time stood still
Esa tarde de nube negra
That afternoon of dark clouds
Por los faroles y la cantera
Through the lanterns and the quarry
Eres para siempre
You are forever
Suspiro, flor inmortal
Sigh, immortal flower
Besé tu boca y de albahacar
I kissed your lips and of basil
Probé tus lágrimas de sal
I tasted your salty tears
Pueblo, fuente de mi vida
Village, source of my life
Valle, aroma de Chepil
Valley, scent of Chepil
Humo blanco de una primavera
White smoke of a springtime
Bajo la sombra fresca de un triste laurel
Under the cool shade of a sorrowful laurel
Juntos, fuimos todo
Together, we were everything
El tiempo no pasaba
Time stood still
Esa tarde de nube negra
That afternoon of black cloud
Por los faroles y la cantera
Through the lanterns and the quarry
Eres para siempre
You are forever
Suspiro flor inmortal
A sigh, an immortal flower
Besé tu boca y de albahacar
I kissed your lips and of basil
Probé tus lágrimas de sal
I tasted your salty tears
Eres para siempre
You are forever
Suspiro flor inmortal
A sigh, an immortal flower
Besé tu boca y de albahacar
I kissed your lips and of basil
Probé tus lágrimas de sal
I tasted your salty tears
Tus lágrimas
Your tears
Tus lágrimas
Your tears
De sal
Of salt
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Key vocabulary
- pasaba
- passed
- faroles
- lanterns
- albahacar
- ?
- lágrimas
- tearsB2
- primavera
- springA1
- tiempo
- timeA1
- fuente
- fountainB2
- juntos
- togetherA2
- pueblo
- townA1
- triste
- sadA2
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.