Lila Downs
La línea lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 5:03
The sky is over watching over you
The sky is watching over you
Ahí en esa orilla del mundo
There on that edge of the world
No duerme la maquiladora
The maquiladora doesn't sleep
De un desperdicio en la Tierra
From a waste on Earth
El hijo del Sol nació
The son of the Sun was born
Qué embrullo la curandera
What a mess the healer makes
Con trapos y hierbas sobó
With rags and herbs, I rubbed
La piel de ese niño mulato
The skin of that mulatto child
Que pluma su piel brotó
What a feather her skin has sprouted
Que pluma su piel brotó
What a feather her skin has sprouted
¡Oh, qué maravilla es esta!
Oh, what a marvel this is!
Lo que el TLC provocó
What the TLC has brought on
De una raya imaginaria
From an imaginary line
De un chivi chivi coló
From a chivi chivi color
Que un niño de ojos de lluvia
That a child with rain-eyes
Palabras de flor cantó
Sang words of flower
Este mundo material
This material world
Solamente es pasajero
Is only temporary
Este mundo material
This material world
Solamente es pasajero
Is only temporary
Flor de maíz
Cornflower
El cielo te está cuidando
The sky is watching over you
Llano de lumbre
Plain of fire
La tierra que te parió
The earth that gave you life
Espíritu de la Tierra
Spirit of the Earth
Espíritu del mar
Spirit of the sea
Espíritu de la suerte
Spirit of luck
Que tiene que caminar
That has to keep on walking
Flor de maíz
Cornflower
El cielo te está cuidando
The sky is watching over you
Llano de lumbre
Plain of flames
La tierra que te parió
The land that gave you life
La tierra que te parió
The land that gave you life
¡Oh, qué maravilla es esta!
Oh, what a wonder this is!
Lo que el TLC provocó
What the free trade deal caused
Una raya imaginaria
An imaginary line
De un chivi chivi coló
From a chivi chivi's hue
Que un niño de ojos de lluvia
That a child with rain-filled eyes
Palabras de flor cantó
Sang words of flowers
Este mundo material
This material world
Solamente es pasajero
It's just temporary
Este mundo material
This material world
Solamente es pasajero
It's just temporary
Flor de maíz
Cornflower
El cielo te está cuidando
The sky is watching over you
Llano de lumbre
Plain of fire
La tierra que te parió
The earth that gave you life
Espíritu de la Tierra
Spirit of the Earth
Espíritu del mar
Spirit of the sea
Espíritu de la suerte
Spirit of luck
Que tiene que caminar
That has to walk
Flor de maíz
Cornflower
El cielo te está cuidando
The sky is watching over you
Llano de lumbre
Plain of fire
La tierra que te parió
The land that bore you
La tierra que te parió
The land that bore you
La tierra que te parió
The land that bore you
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Key vocabulary
- mundo
- worldA2
- is
- —
- watching
- watch
- esa
- thatA1
- duerme
- sleeps
- desperdicio
- wasteC2
- nació
- was bornA2
- embrullo
- package
- curandera
- healer
- sobó
- rubbed
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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.