Lila Downs
La promesa lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 5:25
Parece invierno
It feels like winter
Pero el sol me quema
But the sun burns me
El viento es gris
The wind is gray
Es frío del mar
It's the cold of the sea
Cómo pudiste
How could you
Cambiar mi vida
Change my life
Si prometiste
If you promised
Quererme a mí
To love me
El cielo es ocre
The sky is ochre
Y en la montaña
And on the mountain
Te besa el sol
The sun kisses you
Y el día muere
And the day dies
Cómo pudiste
How could you
Quitarme todo
Take it all from me
Si prometiste
If you promised
Quererme a mí
To love me
Y voy buscando
And I'm searching
Y no respondes
And you don't respond
Por la montaña
Through the mountains
Oigo tu voz
I hear your voice
Grito tu nombre
I shout your name
Y no respondes
And you don't answer
Oigo lo ecos
I hear the echoes
De mi llorar
Of my crying
Y voy buscando
And I keep searching
Y no respondes
And you don't answer
Por la montaña
Through the mountain
Oigo tu voz
I hear your voice
Grito tu nombre
I shout your name
Y no respondes
And you don't answer
Oigo lo ecos
I hear the echoes
De mi llorar
Of my crying
Oigo lo ecos
I hear the echoes
De mi llorar
Of my crying
Oigo lo ecos
I hear the echoes
De mi llorar
Of my crying
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Key vocabulary
- invierno
- winterA1
- quema
- burnsB2
- vida
- lifeA2
- pudiste
- you couldB2
- prometiste
- you promised
- quererme
- love me
- mí
- meA2
- cielo
- skyA2
- besa
- kiss
- muere
- diesC1
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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.