Lila Downs
La cama de piedra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:00
En el borde de la vida y la muerte
On the edge of life and death
Nos vamos bailando la suerte de este pobre corazón
We dance away the fate of this poor heart
De piedra ha de ser la cama
The bed must be made of stone
De piedra la cabecera
The headboard must be stone too
La mujer que a mí me quiera
The woman who loves me
Me ha de querer de adeveras
Must truly love me for real
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Corazón, ¿por qué no amas?
Heart, why don't you love?
Subí a la sala del crimen
I went up to the crime room
Le pregunté al presidente
I asked the president
Que si es delito quererte
If it's a crime to love you
Que me sentencie a la muerte
Then sentence me to death
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Corazón, ¿por qué no amas?
Heart, why don't you love?
Y el día que a mí me maten
And the day they kill me
Que sea de cinco balazos
Let it be with five bullets
Y esté cerquita de ti
And be close to you
Para morir en tus brazos
To die in your arms
Ay, ay, ay corazón
Ay, ay, ay heart
Corazón, ¿por qué no amas?
Heart, why don't you love?
Por caja tengo un sarape
For a box, I've got a sarape
Por cruz mis dobles cananas y escriban sobre mi tumba
For a cross, my double bandoliers and write upon my tomb
Mi último adiós con mil balas
My last farewell with a thousand bullets
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Corazón, ¿por qué no amas?
Heart, why don't you love?
No amas, no amas
You don't love, you don't love
Corazón, ¿por qué no amas?
Heart, why don't you love?
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Key vocabulary
- borde
- edgeB2
- vida
- lifeA2
- muerte
- deathB1
- delito
- crimeB2
- bailando
- dancing
- este
- thisA1
- corazón
- heartB1
- ha
- hasA2
- amas
- you loveA1
- subí
- I went up
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.