Lila Downs
Sodade lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:50
Quién mostrará el camino largo?
Who will show the long way?
Quién mostrará el camino largo?
Who will show the long way?
Ese camino pa' Sao Tomé
That road to São Tomé
Quién mostrará el camino largo?
Who will show the long way?
Quién mostrará el camino largo?
Who will show the long way?
Ese camino pa' Sao Tomé
That road to São Tomé
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From my land, São Nicolau
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From my land, São Nicolau
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I'll write to you
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I'll write to you
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I'll forget you
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I'll write to you
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I'll write to you
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I'll forget you
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From my land, Sao Nicolau
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From my land, Sao Nicolau
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I will write to you
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I will write to you
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I will forget you
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I will write to you
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I will forget you
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I will forget you
Hasta el día en que tú regreses.
Until the day you return.
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From this land, Sao Nicolau
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From this land of Sao Nicolau
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I will write you back
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I will forget you
Hasta el día en que tú regreses.
Until the day you return.
Si tú me escribes te escribiré
If you write to me, I will write you back
Si tú me olvidas te olvidaré
If you forget me, I will forget you
Hasta el día en que tú regreses.
Until the day you return.
Sodade (Saudade)
Longing (Saudade)
Sodade (Del corazón)
Longing (From the heart)
Sodade (Saudade)
Longing (Saudade)
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau (Del alma)
From my land, Sao Nicolau (From the soul)
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Longing, longing, longing
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From my land, Sao Nicolau
Sodade Sodade Sodade
Longing, longing, longing
Dess nha terra Sao Nicolau
From my land, Sao Nicolau
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Key vocabulary
- tomé
- I tookB1
- sodade
- longing
- dess
- unknown
- terra
- land
- escribiré
- I will write
- olvidaré
- I will forgetB2
- regreses
- return
- olvidas
- forgetB2
- día
- dayA1
- ese
- thatA1
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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.