Lila Downs
La noche de mi mal lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:45
Sí, se escuchan los ecos de tus palabras
Yes, I can hear the echoes of your words
Por eso que decias
That's why you said
"Tanto pude quererte
"I could love you so much
Tan a mi manera"
In my own way"
No quiero ni volver a oír tu nombre
I don't even want to hear your name again
No quiero ni saber a donde vas
I don't even want to know where you're going
Así me lo dijiste aquella anoche
That's how you told me that night
Aquella negra noche de mi mal
That dark night of my sorrow
Si yo te hubiera dicho: "no te vayas"
If I had told you: "don't go"
Qué triste me esperaba el porvenir
How sad my future awaited me
Si yo te hubiera dicho: "no me dejes"
If I had told you: 'don't leave me'
Mi propio corazón se iba a reír
My own heart would have laughed
Por eso fue
That's why it was
Que me viste tan tranquila
That you saw me so calm
Caminar serenamente
Walking serenely
Bajo un cielo más que azul
Under a sky more than blue
Después, ya ves
Afterwards, you see
Caminé hasta donde pude
I walked as far as I could
Terminé llorando a mares
I ended up crying oceans
Donde no me vieras tú
Where you wouldn't see me
Si yo te hubiera dicho: "no te vayas"
If I had told you: 'don't go away'
Qué triste me esperaba el porvenir
How sad my future awaited me
Si yo te hubiera dicho: "no me dejes"
If I had told you: 'don't leave me'
Mi propio corazón (mi propio corazón) se iba a reír (se iba a reír)
My own heart (my own heart) was going to laugh (was going to laugh)
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Key vocabulary
- escuchan
- listen
- ecos
- echoesB2
- palabras
- wordsB1
- decias
- you said
- tanto
- so muchB1
- pude
- could
- quererte
- to love
- tan
- soA2
- tranquila
- calmB1
- así
- like thisA1
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.