Lila Downs
Son de difuntos lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:37
¡Ahí viene la muerte!
Here comes death!
¡Epa!
Hey!
Estaba sentada la parca
The reaper was sitting
Fumándose de su tabaco
Smoking on their tobacco
Con los santos se discutía
With the saints, they debated
Quién se echaba su último trago
Who would take their last drink
Con los santos se discutía
With the saints, they debated
Quién se echaba su último trago
Who would take their last drink
Cempazúchitl y copal
Marigold and copal
Humo que vas del camino
Smoke that goes from the path
Yo me llevo a tu hija santa
I take your holy daughter with me
Si no pones en mi altar vino
If you don't place wine on my altar
Yo me llevo a tu hija santa
I take your holy daughter with me
Si no pones en mi altar vino
If you don't place wine on my altar
Ese muerto sí, ese muerto no
That dead one yes, that dead one no
Que el muerto aquí, ya se escogió
For the dead one here, has already been chosen
El diputado y el alacrán
The deputy and the scorpion
Por corrupción los enterrarán
They'll bury them for corruption
Esa muerta sí, esa muerta no
That dead one yes, that dead one no
La muerta aquí, ya se escogió
The dead one here, has already been chosen
La profesora y esa araña
The teacher and that spider
Por negligencia las enterrarán
For negligence, they will bury them
¡Úja!
Whoa!
Ahí viene la parca (Uh, uh)
Here comes the reaper (Uh, uh)
Vela, vela, veladora
Candle, candle, little candle
Ese misterio a tu manto
That mystery to your cloak
Dame vela, veladora
Give me a candle, little candle
Que mi difunto venga gozando
So my departed one comes rejoicing
Vela, vela, veladora
Candle, candle, little candle
Ese misterio a tu manto
That mystery to your cloak
Dame vela, veladora
Give me a candle, little candle
Que mi difunto venga gozando
So my deceased comes enjoying
Eh-eh-eh-eh
Ahí viene la pelona (Ah-eah)
Here comes the grim reaper (Ah-eah)
¡Upa!
Whoa!
La pelona prendió su tele
The grim reaper turned on her TV
Para ver la telenovela
To watch the soap opera
El tlatoani con sus compinches
The ruler with his buddies
A la patria se la alburean
They joke about the homeland
El tlatoani con sus compiches
The ruler with his pals
A la patria se la alburean
To the homeland, they play tricks
Tamales y chocolate
Tamales and chocolate
Porque pide dulce y salado
Because it asks for sweet and salty
Por ese camino de flores
Down that path of flowers
Que en la ofrenda te está esperando
That is waiting for you in the offering
Por ese camino de flores
Down that path of flowers
Que en la ofrenda te está esperando
That is waiting for you in the offering
Ese muerto sí, ese muerto no
That dead one yes, that dead one no
Que el muerto aquí, ya se escogió
Because the dead one here has already been chosen
El diputado y el alacrán
The deputy and the scorpion
Por corrupción los enterrarán
They will bury them for corruption
Esa muerta sí, esa muerta no
That dead one yes, that dead one no
La muerta aquí ya se escogió
The dead one here has already been chosen
La profesora y esa araña
The teacher and that spider
Por negligencia las enterrarán
They will bury them for negligence
¡Ajá, epa! (Uh-uh-uh-eah)
Aha, hey! (Uh-uh-uh-eah)
¡Ahí viene la pelona!
Here comes the grim reaper!
¡Ahí viene la muerte!
Here comes death!
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Key vocabulary
- negligencia
- negligenceC1
- ajá
- yesA2
- diputado
- deputyB2
- epa
- hey
- parca
- fate
- fumándose
- smoking
- echaba
- threw
- trago
- sipC1
- cempazúchitl
- marigold
- hija
- daughterA2
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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.