Lila Downs
Misa oaxaqueña lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:24
Venimos a tu casa
We come to your house
Con cantos de alegría
With songs of joy
Venimos a adorarte,
We come to worship you,
Rendirte honor y amarte
To give you honor and love you
¡Oh Padre Celestial!
Oh Heavenly Father!
Un pueblo ayer quisiste
A people you desired yesterday
Un pueblo aquí te aclama
A people here acclaim you
Señor de ayer y siempre;
Lord of yesterday and always;
Oye nuestra proclama
Hear our proclamation
¡Oh Padre Celestial!
Oh Heavenly Father!
Traemos en nosotros
We carry within us
La fe de nuestros Padres
The faith of our Fathers
Queremos aumentarla
We want to increase it
Queremos que la ilustres,
We want You to illuminate it,
¡Oh Padre Celestial!
Oh Heavenly Father!
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Key vocabulary
- venimos
- we come
- cantos
- songsC2
- alegría
- joyB2
- adorarte
- to adore
- rendirte
- yield
- amarte
- love (to)
- quisiste
- you wanted
- aclama
- acclaim
- proclama
- proclaim
- traemos
- bring
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.