
Lila Downs
La reyna del inframundo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:11
Animas penas
Soulful sorrows
Tres metros bajo tierra
Three meters underground
Tres metros bajo tierra
Three meters underground
Por una mata hierba me echaron a pelear
They threw me to fight over a patch of grass
Los gallos de este ruedo siempre la están cantando
The roosters in this arena are always singing it loud
Pero ellos desde el norte nos tiran a pelear
But from the north, they send us out to fight
Como es el sol sin sombra así era mi destino
Like the sun without shade, that's how my fate was
Le entre porque el negocio de pobre me sacó
I entered because the poor man's business pulled me out
Rezaba yo mi santo para llevar mi encargo
I prayed to my saint to carry my burden
A dónde está el castigo si aquí enterrada estoy
Where is the punishment if I'm buried here?
Soy reina del inframundo
I am the queen of the underworld
Mi corona es una lápida
My crown is a tombstone
Ni con todo el dinero de este mundo
Not even with all the money in this world
Ya nunca he de mirar tu linda cara
I will never gaze upon your lovely face again
Soy reina del inframundo
I am the queen of the underworld
Mi corona es una lápida
My crown is a tombstone
Ni con todo el dinero de este mundo
Not even with all the money in this world
Ya nunca he de mirar tu linda cara
I will never gaze upon your lovely face again
Tres metros bajo tierra
Three meters underground
Tres metros bajo tierra
Three meters underground
Si Dios sólo me diera otra oportunidad
If God would just give me another chance
Como ese palo ciego que bebe de la tierra
Like that blind stick that drinks from the earth
Bebí yo de este vino manjar del inmortal
I drank from this wine, delicacy of the immortal
Ya quiero levantarme
I already want to rise up
Cómo es que tiemblas tierra
How is it that you tremble, earth
Oyendo ese mariachi que canta mi canción
Hearing that mariachi that sings my song
La calle lleva polvo
The street carries dust
El polvo que me lleva
The dust that carries me
Al chapo pa' tenerlo metiendo mi dolor
To the chapo to keep my pain inside
Soy reina del inframundo
I am the queen of the underworld
Mi corona es una lápida
My crown is a tombstone
Ni con todo el dinero de este mundo
Not even with all the money in this world
Ya nunca he de mirar tu linda cara
I will never look upon your lovely face again
Soy reina del inframundo
I am the queen of the underworld
Mi corona es una lápida
My crown is a tombstone
Ni con todo el dinero de este mundo
Not even with all the money in this world
Ya nunca he de mirar tu linda cara
I will never look upon your lovely face again
Ya nunca he de mirar tu linda cara
I will never look upon your lovely face again
Ya nunca he de mirar tu linda cara
I will never look upon your lovely face again
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Key vocabulary
- animas
- souls
- metros
- metersA1
- bajo
- lowA1
- mata
- killsC2
- echaron
- threw
- aquí
- hereA1
- así
- like thisA1
- calle
- streetA1
- canción
- songA1
- cara
- faceA1
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.