Lila Downs
La Martiniana lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 6:21
Mi niña, cuando yo muera
My girl, when I die
No llores sobre mi tumba
Don't cry over my grave
Cántame un lindo sonay, mamá
Sing me a sweet song, mama
Cántame la sandunga
Sing me the sandunga
Mi niña, cuando yo muera
My girl, when I die
No llores sobre mi tumba
Don't cry over my grave
Cántame un lindo sonay, mamá
Sing me a sweet song, mama
Cántame la sandunga
Sing me the sandunga
No me llores, no
Don't cry for me, no
No me llores, no
Don't cry for me, no
Porque si lloras, yo peno
Because if you cry, I suffer
En cambio, si tú me cantas
On the other hand, if you sing to me
Yo siempre vivo y nunca muero
I always live and never die
En cambio, si tú me cantas
On the other hand, if you sing to me
Yo siempre vivo y nunca muero
I always live and never die
Si quieres que te recuerde
If you want me to remember you
Si quieres que no te olvide
If you want me not to forget you
Cántame sones de tu alma, ay mamá
Sing me the sounds of your soul, oh mom
Música que no muere
Music that never dies
Si quieres, si quieres que te recuerde
If you want, if you want me to remember you
Si quieres que no te olvide
If you want me to not forget you
Cántame sones de tu alma, ay mamá
Sing me melodies of your soul, oh mom
Música que no muere
Music that never dies
No me llores, no
Don't cry for me, no
No me llores, no
Don't cry for me, no
Porque si lloras, yo peno
Because if you cry, I suffer
En cambio, si tú me cantas
But if you sing to me
Yo siempre vivo y nunca muero
I always live and never die
En cambio, si tú me cantas
But if you sing to me
Yo siempre vivo y nunca muero
I always live and never die
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Key vocabulary
- cuando
- whenB1
- llores
- criesB1
- muera
- dieB2
- tumba
- tombB2
- cántame
- sing to me
- sonay
- unknown
- mamá
- momA2
- sandunga
- dance
- lloras
- cries
- peno
- penalty
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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.