Lila Downs
Ojo de culebra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:04
Tu cuerpo va cargando cadenas
Your body carries chains,
Cadenas de todos los tiempos
Chains of all times.
Ciruelo, ojo de culebra
Plum tree, snake's eye,
Tu frente que en el rostro porta tus penas
Your forehead that carries your sorrows on your face.
Alíviame de la mala palabra
Relieve me from the bad word.
La sombra de tu pensamiento
The shadow of your thought.
Tu' labio', pon tu mano en mi tiempo
Your lips, put your hand in my time.
Liberando con tu beso mi condena
Releasing with your kiss my sentence.
Se me cae, se me cae, como a la culebra
It falls from me, it falls from me, like a snake.
Yo lo tiro, yo lo tiro, todo este rencor
I throw it away, I throw it away, all this resentment.
Se me caen, se me caen, esas falsedades
They fall from me, they fall from me, those falsehoods
Así yo me limpio también del dolor
This way I also cleanse myself of the pain
Dame tu boca, tu palabra retumba
Give me your mouth, your word echoes
Viento de noviembre que arrastra tu piel
November wind that sweeps your skin away
Dame tu mano que en tu brazo me muevo
Give me your hand so I can move in your arms
Siémbrame en el suelo donde está tu merced
Plant me in the ground where your grace lies
Óyelo, mi madre (óyelo mi madre)
Hear it, my mother (hear it, my mother)
Óyelo, mi hermana (óyelo mi hermana)
Hear it, my sister (hear it, my sister)
Óyelo, este hijo de mis entrañas (óyelo este hijo de mis entrañas)
Hear it, this child of my womb (hear it, this child of my womb)
Óyelo, mi madre (óyelo mi madre)
Hear it, my mother (hear it, my mother)
Óyelo, mi hermana (mi hermana)
Listen to it, my sister (my sister)
Óyelo, este hijo de mis entrañas
Listen to it, this child of my heart
(Óyelo, este hijo de mis entrañas)
(Listen to it, this child of my heart)
(Óyelo, óyelo, óyelo, óyelo)
(Listen to it, listen to it, listen to it, listen to it)
Se me cae, se me cae, como a la culebra
It's falling down, it's falling down, like a snake
Yo lo tiro, yo lo tiro, todo este rencor
I throw it away, I throw it away, all this resentment
Se me caen, se me caen, esas falsedades
They fall down on me, they fall down on me, those falsehoods
Y así yo me limpio también del dolor
And in this way I also cleanse myself of the pain
Dame tu boca, tu palabra retumba
Give me your mouth, your word resonates
Viento de noviembre que arrastra tu piel
November wind that sweeps your skin
Dame tu mano que en tu brazo me muevo
Give me your hand, for in your arm I move
Siémbrame en el suelo donde está tu merced
Plant me in the ground where your grace is
Óyelo, mi madre, óyelo, mi hermana
Hear it, my mother, hear it, my sister
Óyelo, este hijo de mis entrañas
Hear it, this son of my womb
Óyelo, mi madre, óyelo, mi hermana
Hear it, my mother, hear it, my sister
Óyelo, este hijo de mis entrañas
Hear it, this son of my womb
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Key vocabulary
- cuerpo
- bodyC1
- va
- goesA2
- cargando
- loading
- cadenas
- chainsB1
- todos
- everyoneA1
- tiempos
- timesA1
- ciruelo
- plum
- ojo
- eyeA1
- culebra
- snake
- frente
- foreheadB2
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.