Lila Downs
Ser paloma lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:03
Ni en mi sueño
Not even in my dreams
Ni mi madrugada
Not even my dawn
Ya no mandas
You no longer rule
Ya no mandas tú
You don't command anymore
Ni en mi casa
Not in my house
Ni en mi vida
Not in my life
Ya no mandas
You no longer rule
Ya no mandas tú
You don't command anymore
Si yo fuera
If I were
Si yo fuera una paloma
If I were a dove
Volaría lejos de aquí
I would fly far away from here
A otros brazos a dormir
To other arms to sleep
Si pudiera
If I could
Si pudiera yo decirte
If I could tell you
Lo que tú eres para mí
What you are to me
Es que yo volví a vivir
It's just that I came back to life
Siempre vuelvo
I always come back
Voy dentro de mí
I go deep inside me
Este vuelo de mi vida
This flight of my life
Mi respiración volverá
My breath will return
Ni en mi sueño
Not even in my dreams
Ni mi madrugada
Not even in my dawn
Ya no mandas
You don’t command anymore
Ya no mandas tú
You don’t command anymore
Ni en mi casa
Not even in my home
Ni en mi vida
Not even in my life
Ya no mandas
You don’t command anymore
Ya no mandas tú
You don’t command anymore
Si yo fuera
If I were
Si yo fuera una paloma
If I were a dove
Volaría lejos de aquí
I would fly far away from here
A otros brazos a dormir
To other arms to sleep
Si pudiera
If I could
Si pudiera yo decirte
If I could tell you
Lo que tú eres para mí
What you mean to me
Es que yo volví a vivir
It's that I came back to life
Siempre vuelvo
I always return
Vuelvo dentro de mí
I return inside of me
Dentro de mi
Inside of me
Este vuelo de mi vida
This flight of my life
Mi respiración volverá
My breath will come back
Volverá
It will come back
(Volví a vivir)
(I lived again)
(Dentro de mí)
(Within me)
(Volví a vivir)
(I lived again)
Volverá
It will come back
Volverá
It will come back
Volverá
It will come back
Volverá
It will come back
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Key vocabulary
- sueño
- dreamA2
- madrugada
- dawnB2
- mandas
- ordersB1
- casa
- houseA1
- volaría
- would fly
- aquí
- hereA1
- pudiera
- couldB2
- eres
- areA1
- volví
- I returned
- vuelvo
- return
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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.