Lila Downs
Mano negra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:33
Ofrenda a Huitzilopochtli
Offer to Huitzilopochtli
Templo mayor
Main temple
Hueso y dibujo
Bone and drawing
Ando de tianguis
I'm wandering around the market
Peinando la ciudad
Combing the city
Negro de rojo
Black with red
Forran las pancartas
Covering the banners
Pies que se arrastran
Dragging feet
El tiempo que se va
The time that slips away
Dentro de la tierra
Within the earth
Y de muy profundo
And from very deep
Una mano negra
A black hand
Sale del mas allá
Emerges from the beyond
Tlacaxhipehuiliztli
Tlacaxhipehuiliztli
La función para la ciudad
The function for the city
Te quiero
I love you
México
Mexico
México, México
Mexico, Mexico
En la mirada
In the gaze
Del volcán que duerme
Of the sleeping volcano
Con su enamorada
With his beloved
Iztaccíhuatl duerme
Iztaccíhuatl sleeps
Por el valle van
Through the valley they go
Van llegando miles
Thousands are arriving
Al espejo de agua
At the mirror of water
Y voy pensando
And I find myself thinking
En tus manos buenas
Of your gentle hands
Y la luz del cielo
And the light of the sky
Que me guían
That guide me
Me llevan muy lejos
They take me far away
De cosas mundanas
Of worldly things
Este pueblo errante
This wandering town
Cuernos y bazookas
Horns and bazookas
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
En la mirada
In the gaze
Del volcán que duerme
Of the sleeping volcano
Con su enamorada
With his beloved
Iztaccíhuatl duerme
Iztaccíhuatl sleeps
Por el valle van
Through the valley they go
Van llegando miles
Thousands are arriving
Al espejo de agua
At the mirror of water
Y voy pensando
And I'm thinking
En tus manos buenas
Of your kind hands
Y la luz del cielo
And the light of the sky
Que me guía
That guides me
Me llevan muy lejos
They take me far away
De cosas mundanas
From earthly things
Este pueblo errante
This wandering town
Cuernos y bazookas
Horns and bazookas
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
Pa pa pa para soñar
Pa pa pa to dream
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Key vocabulary
- templo
- templeC1
- cielo
- skyA2
- cosas
- thingsA1
- ofrenda
- offeringA2
- hueso
- boneB1
- forran
- enclose
- tiempo
- timeA1
- tierra
- earthA1
- dibujo
- drawingA2
- mayor
- greaterA2
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.