Lila Downs
Semilla de piedra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:25
Suu-ri kuu se'e chaá jin yuu
Suu-ri kuu se'e chaá jin yuu
Isun, tachi, ni skaku-ti
Isun, tachi, ni skaku-ti
Ni kaku-ri, nakaá ñu'un
Ni kaku-ri, nakaá ñu'un
Nakúu ñu'un jin yoko
Nakúu ñu'un jin yoko
Na ntuku-ri niin nuyuu kuachi-ri
Na ntuku-ri niin nuyuu kuachi-ri
Ja ka'an ntaá inka nikantija-ri
Ja ka'an ntaá inka nikantija-ri
Nakani xini-ri kuachi-ri
Nakani xini-ri kuachi-ri
Ja kuu antɨvɨ nu nija'anu-ri
Ja kuu antɨvɨ nu nija'anu-ri
Soy hija de un hombre de piedra
I am the daughter of a stone man
Venado con viento parió
A deer gave birth to the wind
Nací del color de la tierra
I was born the color of the earth
De un baño de fuego y vapor
From a bath of fire and steam
Busqué por el mundo mi causa
I searched the world for my cause
Verdades de otros creí
I believed the truths of others
Surgió en mi conciencia la falta
The lack arose in my conscience
Del cielo donde yo crecí
From the sky where I grew up
Volví al refugio de razas de piedra y de lodo
I returned to the refuge of races of stone and mud
Al seno de sangre manchada por todo
To the bosom of blood stained everywhere
Al campo de infancia y de muerte
To the field of childhood and death
Al viento que impuso mi suerte
To the wind that imposed my fate
Volví a la tierra que mis sentimientos amaban
I returned to the land my feelings loved
Donde yo no hallaba lo que yo buscaba
Where I couldn't find what I was searching for
Por este momento he vivido
For this moment I've lived
Hoy vivo mi orgullo perdido
Today I live my lost pride
Volví al refugio de razas de piedra y de lodo
I returned to the refuge of races of stone and mud
Al seno de sangre manchada por todo
To the bosom of blood stained by everything
Al campo de infancia y de muerte
To the field of childhood and death
Al viento que impuso mi suerte
To the wind that shaped my fate
Volví a la tierra que mis sentimientos amaban
I returned to the land my feelings loved
Donde yo no hallaba lo que yo buscaba
Where I couldn't find what I was searching for
Por este momento he vivido
For this moment, I've lived
Hoy vivo mi orgullo perdido
Today I live my lost pride
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Key vocabulary
- baño
- bathA1
- campo
- fieldA1
- suu-ri
- —
- kuu
- —
- se'e
- —
- donde
- whereB1
- chaá
- —
- jin
- to go
- yuu
- water
- isun
- —
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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.