Lila Downs
Nueve hierba lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:36
Mujer de Dios
Woman of God
Profeta de hierba
Prophetess of the grass
Mujer de la edad del tiempo
Woman of the age of time
Diosa del mundo de muertos
Goddess of the world of the dead
Mujer de Dios
Woman of God
Mujer de la obscuridad
Woman of darkness
Mujer de tiempos sagrados
Woman of sacred times
Diosa del mundo de muertos
Goddess of the world of the dead
Venas y carne, tu fruto ha crecido
Veins and flesh, your fruit has grown
La tierra, tu sangre siempre beberás
The earth, your blood you shall always drink
Ía si'i ja nakani
I was born in the shadows
Ini nasa kóó-yo
In the cauldron of your heart
Ña'a ni kuu taninu
I wake up to the dance of life
Capullo de algodón trae mi madre
A cotton bud my mother brings
Que es la Diosa de sáama
For she is the Goddess of the sea
Reina del sur dirección de la muerte
Queen of the south, guide of death
Que bebe el agua verde
Who drinks the green water
Y de hongos copal y fuego
And from mushrooms, copal, and fire
Hace ofrenda a la madre muerta
Makes offerings to the mother of the dead
Que cuida este mundo mortal
Who watches over this mortal world
Y cuida este mundo mortal
And take care of this mortal world
Nace de niebla y su monte cráneo y piedra
Born of fog and her mountain, skull and stone
Diosa de la tierra, hina
Goddess of the earth, hina
Nace de niebla y su monte cráneo y piedra
Born of fog and her mountain, skull and stone
Diosa de la tierra, siempre vivirás
Goddess of the earth, you will always live on
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Key vocabulary
- muerta
- deadC2
- venas
- veinsB2
- muerte
- deathB1
- agua
- waterA1
- carne
- meatA1
- dios
- godA2
- diosa
- goddess
- mundo
- worldA2
- muertos
- deadB2
- obscuridad
- darknessC1
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.