Lila Downs
La campanera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:29
Un saludo para Colombia
A shout-out to Colombia
En honor a Aniceto Molina
In honor of Aniceto Molina
Desde México
From Mexico
Yo soy la campanera
I am the bell-ringer
Soy de la Costa Sur de Oaxaca
I am from the Southern Coast of Oaxaca
Y en todo el mundo entero
And all around the world
Ando tocando mi cumbia sabrosa
I'm out there playing my tasty cumbia
Yo soy la campanera
I am the bell-ringer
Soy de la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca
I am from the Southern Sierra of Oaxaca
Y en todo el mundo entero
And all around the world
Ando tocando mi cumbia sabrosa
I'm playing my delicious cumbia
Y la gente baila con mi esmero
And the people dance with my dedication
Cuando oyen el trinar de mis notas
When they hear the trill of my notes
En el baile todos se alborotan
In the dance, everyone gets excited
Con mi ritmo alegre y cumbiambero
With my cheerful and cumbia rhythm
Si les toco un paseo vallenato
If I play a vallenato stroll
Me piden un verso chilenero
They ask me for a chilean verse
Con cariño y amor les complazco
With love and affection, I please them
Pa' que queden todos muy contentos
So that everyone ends up very happy
Y siempre voy pa'lante, como misionera
And I always move forward, like a missionary
Tocando la cumbia
Playing the cumbia
Tocando vallenato y verso chilenero
Playing vallenato and Chilean verse
Por el mundo entero
Around the whole world
Y siempre voy pa'lante, como misionera
And I always move forward, like a missionary
Tocando la cumbia
Playing the cumbia
Tocando vallenato y verso chilenero
Playing vallenato and Chilean verse
Por el mundo entero
Around the whole world
Yo soy la campanera
I am the bell-ringer
Soy de la Costa Sur de Oaxaca
I'm from the Southern Coast of Oaxaca
Y en todo el mundo entero
And all around the whole world
Ando tocando mi cumbia sabrosa
I'm playing my tasty cumbia
Yo soy la campanera
I am the bell ringer
Soy de la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca
I'm from the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca
Y en todo el mundo entero
And all around the wide world
Ando tocando mi cumbia sabrosa
I'm playing my tasty cumbia
Y la gente baila con mi esmero
And the people dance with my care
Cuando oyen el trinar de mis notas
When they hear the trill of my notes
En el baile todos se alborotan
At the dance, everyone gets excited
Con mi ritmo alegre y cumbiambero
With my joyful and cumbia rhythm
Si les toco un paseo vallenato
If I play a vallenato stroll
Me piden un verso chilenero
They ask me for a Chilean verse
Con cariño y amor les complazco
With affection and love, I gladly oblige
Pa' que queden todos muy contentos
So that everyone will be very happy
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Key vocabulary
- amor
- loveB1
- alegre
- happyA1
- gente
- peopleA1
- mis
- myA1
- entero
- wholeC2
- esmero
- careC2
- aniceto
- Nicetas
- desde
- fromA2
- campanera
- bell-ringer
- costa
- coastA2
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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.