
Lila Downs
La Bamba lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:14
Para bailar la bamba
To dance the bamba
Qué bonita la bamba
How beautiful the bamba
Qué bonita la bamba de madrugá
How beautiful the bamba at dawn
Cuando todos la bailan
When everyone dances it
Cuando todos la bailan en la enramada
When everyone dances it in the boughs
Arriba, arriba, arriba (arriba)
Up, up, up (up)
Arriba, arriba, arriba, y arriba iré
Up, up, up, and I'll go up
Como la palomita (arriba)
Like the little dove (up)
Como la palomita, volando iré
Like the little dove, I'll fly
Volando iré, volando iré
I'll fly, I'll fly
De La Habana han venido (La Habana)
From Havana they have come (Havana)
De La Habana han venido nuevos pintores
From Havana they have brought new painters
Que pintaron la Virgen
Who painted the Virgin
Que pintaron la Virgen de tres colores
Who painted the Virgin in three colors
Arriba y más arriba (arriba)
Higher and higher (higher)
Arriba y más arriba, y arriba iré
Higher and higher, and I'll go up
La paloma que traiba (toma)
The dove that brought (take)
La paloma que traiba ya se me fue
The dove that brought has already flown away
Pa los campos floridos de San Andrés
To the flowery fields of San Andrés
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Aunque soy chiquitita (¿cómo?)
Although I'm little (how?)
Aunque soy chiquitita de aspiración
Although I'm little in aspiration
Yo le canto a la bamba (la bamba)
I sing to the bamba (the bamba)
Yo le canto a la bamba de corazón
I sing to the bamba from the heart
Arribita y arriba (arriba)
Up and up (up)
Arriba y más arriba, y arriba van
Up and even higher, and up they go
Y tilín y tilán, y tilín-tin-tan
And tilín and tilán, and tilín-tin-tan
Repica la campana de Malibrán
The bell of Malibrán rings
De Malibrán, de Malibrán
Of Malibrán, of Malibrán
Ay, morena, morena (morena)
Oh, dark-haired one, dark-haired one (dark-haired)
Ay, morena, morena, yo quiero verte
Oh, dark-haired one, dark-haired one, I want to see you
Que el son de la bamba
Because the sound of the bamba
Porque el son de la bamba me hace quererte
Because the sound of the bamba makes me love you
Ay, arriba y arriba, y más arribita (arriba)
Oh, up and up, and higher up (up)
Como la palomita
Like the little dove
Como la palomita que viene y va
Like the little dove that comes and goes
Que viene y va, que viene y va
That comes and goes, that comes and goes
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Es la bamba, señores
It's the bamba, folks
La melodía
The melody
Que nos pone en el alma
That fills our souls
Luz y alegría
Light and joy
Para bailar la bamba
To dance the bamba
Para bailar la bamba se necesita
To dance the bamba, you need
Una poca de gracia (una poca)
A little grace (a little)
Una poca de gracia y otra cosita
A little grace and another little thing
Ay, arriba y arriba (arriba)
Oh, up and up (up)
Ay, arriba y arriba, y arriba iré
Oh, up and up, and I'll go up
Yo no soy marinero
I am not a sailor
Yo no soy marinero ni lo seré
I am not a sailor nor will I be
Ni lo seré, ni lo seré
Nor will I be, nor will I be
Se lo pido a mi amigo
I ask my friend for it
Se lo pido a mi amigo de compasión
I ask my friend out of compassion
Que se acabe la bamba
May the bamba come to an end
Que se acabe la bamba y venga otro son
Let the bamba end and another rhythm come
Arriba, arriba, arriba (arriba)
Up, up, up (up)
Arriba, arriba, arriba, y arriba iré
Up, up, up, and I will rise up
Como la palomita
Like the little dove
Como la palomita, volando iré
Like the little dove, I will fly away
Volando iré, volando iré
I will fly away, I will fly away
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba (para)
Bamba, bamba (to)
Bamba, bamba (bailar la bamba)
Bamba, bamba (dance the bamba)
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba (para)
Bamba, bamba (to)
Bamba, bamba (bailar la bamba)
Bamba, bamba (dance the bamba)
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Para bailar la bamba
To dance the bamba
Para bailar la bamba
To dance the bamba
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Key vocabulary
- arriba
- upA1
- bailar
- danceA1
- bonita
- prettyA1
- campos
- fieldsA1
- cómo
- howA1
- más
- moreA1
- nuevos
- newA1
- corazón
- heartB1
- alma
- soulB2
- floridos
- floweryC1
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.