Lila Downs
Las casas de madera lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:09
El viento sopla
The wind blows
Que frío hace afuera
How cold it is outside
Nomás rechinan
They just creak
Las casas de madera
The wooden houses
Las hojas secas
The dried leaves
Tapizan las veredas
Cover the sidewalks
Y a mi me siguen
And they keep following me
Cubriendo nubes negras
Covering black clouds
El viento sopla
The wind blows
Y nada me consuela
And nothing comforts me
Sin ti mi vida
Without you my life
Se acaba y ni te enteras
Ends and you don’t even notice
Mi alma flaquea
My soul weakens
Quisiera que me vieras
I wish you could see me
Mi estampa es triste
My silhouette is sad
Me tupe la tristeza
Sadness suffocates me
Las casas de madera
The wooden houses
Parecen derrumbarse
Seem to be collapsing
Igual que yo se quejan
Just like me, they complain
Desde que te marchaste
Since you left me
Las casas de madera
The wooden houses
Se agrietan con el aire
Crack with the air
Y a mi si no regresas
And if you don't come back
Un día van a enterrarme
One day they'll bury me
Así era la casa de madera
That's how the wooden house was
Por la ranura del tablón
Through the crack of the board
Cantaba el viento una melodía
The wind sang a melody
Nomás llegó el cemento
As soon as the cement arrived
'Ora ya puro condominio de block
'Now it's all just concrete condos
Pura varilla
Just pure rebar
Puro cuarto de tabique y tabicón
Pure room of brick and block
El viento sopla
The wind blows
Y nada me consuela
And nothing consoles me
Sin ti mi vida
Without you, my life
Se acaba y ni te enteras
Ends and you don't even notice
Mi alma flaquea
My soul weakens
Quisiera que me veas
I wish you could see me
Mi estampa es triste
My figure is sad
Me tupe la tristeza
Sadness overwhelms me
Las casas de madera
The wooden houses
Parecen derrumbarse
They seem to be collapsing
Igual que yo se quejan
Just like me, they complain
Desde que te marchaste
Since you left
Las casas de madera
The wooden houses
Se agrietan con el aire
Crack with the wind
Y a mi si no regresas
And if you don't come back to me
Un día van a enterrarme
One day they’re going to bury me
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Key vocabulary
- derrumbarse
- collapseC1
- alma
- soulB2
- cemento
- cementB2
- secas
- dryB2
- nada
- nothingA2
- nubes
- cloudsA2
- vida
- lifeA2
- aire
- airA1
- así
- like thisA1
- casa
- houseA1
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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.