Lila Downs
Pobre changuita lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:13
No te hagas la loca
Don't act all crazy
Ni la interesante
Or play it cool
Ni me presumas de lo que
And don't brag about what
Tu nunca haz sido
You've never really been
Pobre changuita cuatro meses
Poor little monkey for four months
Te he tenido
I've had you
Bien vestida y bien polveada
Dressed well and all made up
Con naguas de pura seda
In pure silk skirts
Y zapatos de charol
And patent leather shoes
Y ja jai hasta me rio
And haha, I even laugh
Y me carcajeo
And I burst out laughing
Y ja jai por esta changa
And ja jai for this little trouble
Tan ma'lora
So troublesome
Y ahora si hasta el bocado
And now even the bite
Se me atora
Gets stuck in my throat
De pensar en lo que cuesta
Thinking about what it costs
Los vestidos y las medias
The dresses and the stockings
Y zapatos de charol
And patent leather shoes
Changuita, mira no'mas
Little girl, just look at this
Hoy ya no quieres ir al cine
Today you don't want to go to the movies
De a peseta
For a peseta
Pues porque dices que alli
Well, because you say that there
Va gente pelada
People go broke
Pobre changuita ahora
Poor little monkey now
Si estas amolada
If you're feeling low
No te acuerdas precodina
Don't you remember Precocina?
Resfregabas la cocina siendo
You used to scrub the kitchen being
Gata del patrón
The boss's cat
Y ja jai hasta me rio
And ha ha, I even laugh
Y me carcajeo
And I burst out laughing
Y ja jai por esta changa
And ja jai for this mischief
Tan ma'lora
So unfortunate
Y ahora si hasta el bocado
And now even the bite
Se me atora
Gets stuck in my throat
De pensar en lo que cuesta
Thinking about what it costs
Los vestidos y las medias
The dresses and the stockings
Y zapatos de charol
And shiny leather shoes
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Key vocabulary
- hagas
- doB1
- loca
- crazyC1
- presumas
- you flaunt
- haz
- makeA1
- cuatro
- fourA1
- esta
- isA1
- porque
- becauseB1
- pobre
- poorA2
- changuita
- small dancer
- he
- I haveA2
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.