Lila Downs
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:47
You won't admit you love me
And so, how am I ever, to know,
You always tell me:
Perhaps, perhaps, quizás
Perhaps, perhaps, maybe
Así pasan los días
That's how the days go by
Y yo desesperada
And I'm desperate
Y tú, tú contestando
And you, you keep answering
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Estás perdiendo el tiempo,
You're wasting your time,
Pensando, pensando.
Thinking, thinking.
¿Por lo que más tú quieres?
For what you want the most?
¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo?
How long? How long?
So if you really love me, say yes
But if you don't, dear - confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, quizás
Perhaps, perhaps, maybe
Siempre que te preguntó que, cuándo, cómo y dónde
Whenever I ask you what, when, how, and where
Y tú me respondes:
And you respond to me:
Quizá, quizá, quizá, quizá, quizá, quizá,
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe,
Pensando
Thinking
Estás perdiendo el tiempo
You're wasting your time
Pensando, pensando,
Thinking, thinking,
Y así pasan los días
And thus the days go by
Y yo desesperadamente
And I'm desperately
Pensando tambien, tambien
Thinking too, too
Siempre que te pregunto
Whenever I ask you
Qué, cuándo, cómo y dónde
What, when, how, and where
Tú siempre me responde
You always respond to me
Quizás, quizás, quizás
Maybe, maybe, maybe
A million times I've asked you
And then I ask you over again
Y entonces te pregunto otra vez
You only answer
You only respond
Perhaps, perhaps, quizás
Perhaps, perhaps, maybe
If you can't make your mind up
Si no puedes decidirte
We'll never get started.
Nunca comenzaremos.
And I don't want to wind up,
Y no quiero acabar,
Being parted, broken hearted
Being torn apart, heartbroken
So if you really love me, say yes
Así que si realmente me amas, di que sí
But if you don't, dear - confess
Pero si no lo haces, querido - confiesa
And please don't tell me
Y por favor no me digas
Perhaps, perhaps, quizás
Perhaps, perhaps, maybe
Vida mia ¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo?
My life, how much longer? How much longer? How much longer?
Vida mía, no me hagas perder más el tiempo
My life, don't make me waste any more time
¿Hasta cuándo?
How much longer?
Mira que esta sopa se me está enfriando,
Look, this soup is getting cold on me,
No me hagas perder mas el tiempo, mi vida
Don't make me waste any more time, my love
No me hagas perder mas el tiempo,
Don't make me waste any more time,
¿Hasta cuándo? ¿Hasta cuándo?
How much longer? How much longer?
Que esta sopa se me esta enfriando
Because this soup is getting cold on me
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Key vocabulary
- cómo
- howA1
- cuándo
- whenA1
- am
- love
- mia
- my
- mía
- mineC1
- hagas
- doB1
- dónde
- whereA1
- así
- like thisA1
- días
- daysA1
- perder
- loseB1
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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.