Lila Downs
La malagueña lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:55
Qué bonitos ojos tienes
What beautiful eyes you have
Debajo de esas dos cejas
Beneath those two eyebrows
Debajo de esas dos cejas
Beneath those two eyebrows
Qué bonitos ojos tienes
What beautiful eyes you have
Ellos me quieren mirar
They want to look at me
Pero, si tú no los dejas
But, if you don’t let them go
Pero, si tú no los dejas
But, if you don't let them go
Ni siquiera parpadear
Not even to blink
Malagueña salerosa
Charming Malagueña
Besar tus labios quisiera
I would like to kiss your lips
Besar tus labios quisiera
I would like to kiss your lips
Malagueña salerosa
Charming Malagueña
Y decirte, niña hermosa
And tell you, beautiful girl
Qué linda y hechicera
How lovely and enchanting you are
Qué linda y hechicera
How lovely and enchanting you are
Como el candor de una rosa
Like the innocence of a rose
Como el candor de una rosa
Like the innocence of a rose
Malagueña salerosa
Charming Malagueña
Besar tus labios quisiera
I would like to kiss your lips
Besar tus labios quisiera
I would like to kiss your lips
Malagueña salerosa
Charming Malagueña
Y decirte, niña hermosa
And to tell you, beautiful girl
Qué linda y hechicera
How lovely and enchanting
Qué linda y hechicera
How lovely and enchanting
Como el candor de una rosa
Like the innocence of a rose
Como el candor de una rosa
Like the innocence of a rose
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Key vocabulary
- rosa
- roseA2
- bonitos
- prettyA1
- dos
- twoA1
- debajo
- underA2
- cejas
- eyebrowsB2
- dejas
- you leaveA2
- parpadear
- to blinkC1
- malagueña
- Málaga song
- salerosa
- salty
- decirte
- to tell youB2
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.