Lila Downs
Perfume de gardenias lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:48
Perfume de gardenias tiene tu boca
The scent of gardenias lingers on your lips
Bellísimos destellos de luz en tu mirar
Beautiful flashes of light in your gaze
Tu risa es una rima de alegres notas
Your laughter is a rhyme of joyful notes
Se mueven tus cabellos cual ondas en la mar
Your hair moves like waves upon the sea
Tu cuerpo es una copia de Venus de Cibeles
Your body is a replica of Venus of Cibeles
Que envidian las mujeres cuando te ven pasar
That women envy when they see you walk by
Y llevas en tu alma la virginal pureza
And you carry in your soul the virginal purity
Por eso es tu belleza de un místico candor
That's why your beauty has a mystical charm
Perfume de gardenias tiene tu boca
The scent of gardenias lingers on your lips
Perfume de gardenias
The scent of gardenias
Perfume del amor
Perfume of love
Tu cuerpo es una copia de Venus de Cibeles
Your body is a copy of Venus of Cibeles
Que envidian las mujeres cuando te ven pasar
That women envy when they see you walk by
Y llevas en tu alma la virginal pureza
And you carry in your soul the virginal purity
Por eso es tu belleza de un místico candor
That's why your beauty has a mystical innocence
Perfume de gardenias tiene tu boca
The fragrance of gardenias is on your lips
Perfume de gardenias
The fragrance of gardenias
Perfume del amor
Perfume of love
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Key vocabulary
- boca
- mouthA2
- mar
- seaA1
- mirar
- lookA1
- alma
- soulB2
- pureza
- purityB2
- eso
- thatA1
- belleza
- beautyB2
- místico
- mystical
- amor
- loveB1
- tiene
- hasA1
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.