Lila Downs
La iguana lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:06
Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera
An iguana fell off a ladder up high
(Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera)
(An iguana fell off a ladder up high)
Del porrazo que llevó se lastimó las caderas
From the blow she took, she hurt her hips
(Del porrazo que llevó se lastimó las caderas)
(From the blow she took, she hurt her hips)
Ay iguana mia para dónde vas
Oh my iguana, where are you going?
Que voy para el pueblo de soledad
I'm heading to the town of solitude
Si será mentira o será verdad que en ese pueblo
Whether it's a lie or if it's true in that town
No hay novedad que si lo hubiera es casualidad...
There's no news, and if there were, it's just coincidence...
Si será tan fea, que iguana tan fea
If she's so ugly, what an ugly iguana
Que se sube a un palo
That climbs up a pole
Y luego se apea
And then she gets down
Pone su huevito, lo cacaraquea
She lays her little egg, she makes a fuss about it
Se mete al hoyito, pa' que no la vean
She goes into the little hole, so no one sees her
Se mira en el espejo
She looks at herself in the mirror
Porque está muy fea
Because she's very ugly
Haga usté lo mismo para que lo crea
You do the same so she'll believe it
A la jea jea a la jea jea
To the jea jea to the jea jea
Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera
An iguana fell from the top of a ladder
Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate
An iguana fell from the branch of a amate tree
(Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate)
(An iguana fell from the branch of a amate tree)
Del porrazo que llevó se reventó los tomates
From the blow she took, her tomatoes burst
(Del porrazo que llevó se reventó los tomates)
(From the blow she took, her tomatoes burst)
Ay iguana mía para dónde vas
Oh my iguana, where are you going?
Que voy para el pueblo de soledad
I'm headed to the town of solitude
Si será mentira o será verdad
Whether it's a lie or the truth
Que en ese puebo no hay novedad
In that town, there’s no news
Que si lo hubiera es casualidad...
That if she's around, it’s just coincidence...
Si será tan fea, que iguana tan fea
If she’s so ugly, what an ugly iguana
Que se sube a un palo, y luego se apea
She climbs a branch, then she hops down
Pone su huevito, lo cacaraquéa
She lays her little egg, and clucks about it
Se mete al hoyito pa' que no la vean
She sneaks into the little hole so they can't see her
Saca la patita, como que patea
She sticks out her little foot, like she's kicking
Saca la colita, como que colea
She sticks out her little tail, like she's wagging
Saca las uñitas, como que piuñea
She sticks out her little claws, like she's scratching
Saca las narices, como narisea
She sticks out her little nostrils, like she's sniffing
Saca la cabeza, como cabesea
She pops out her head, like she's peeking
Saca la orejita, como que orejea
She sticks out her little ear, like she's listening
A la jea jea a la jea jea
To the jea jea, to the jea jea
Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate
A iguana fell from the branch of a fig tree
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Key vocabulary
- cayó
- fellB1
- usté
- you (formal)
- orejea
- listen
- hubiera
- would haveB2
- tomates
- tomatoesA2
- novedad
- noveltyC1
- vean
- seeB1
- como
- as; like; howB1
- arriba
- upA1
- porrazo
- impactC2
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.