Lila Downs
Son de Juárez lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:37
En mi memoria el tiempo corre
In my memory, time runs
Soy el aroma de cedro y de copal
I am the scent of cedar and copal
Sagrado mi derecho de pensar
Sacred is my right to think
Que siga la fiesta
Let the party continue
La vida es corta
Life is short
Ya no me importa
I no longer care
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Que quiero contigo que importan más
That I want with you that matter more
Mirar al cerro
To gaze at the hill
Con este cielo
Under this sky
Porque las nubes
Because the clouds
Son donde sueño para vivir
Are where I dream to live
La vida es bella
Life is beautiful
Y en mi memoria
And in my memory
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Que cambian todo sabiendo amar
That change everything knowing how to love
Te busco en todo
I search for you in everything
Y en cada estrella
And in every star
Me sabe la vida
Life tastes sweet to me
Tomar tu mano, doy vuelta al sol
Holding your hand, I turn around the sun
Es su retrato, Benito Juárez
It's his portrait, Benito Juárez
Es el hermano de Guelatao
He's the brother from Guelatao
Es su retrato, Benito Juárez
It's his portrait, Benito Juárez
Es el hermano de Guelatao
He's the brother from Guelatao
Amusgo
Amusgo
Zapoteco
Zapotec
Mixteco
Mixtec
Triqui
Triqui
Chocho
Chocho
Zoque
Zoque
Mazateco
Mazateco
Chontal
Chontal
Hayuc
Hayuc
Chinanteco
Chinanteco
Náhuatl
Náhuatl
Huave
Huave
Chatín
Chatín
Tacuate
Tacuate
Cuicateco
Cuicateco
Porque te traigo en el pensamiento, Oaxaca
Because I carry you in my thoughts, Oaxaca
Porque te traigo en el pensamiento, Oaxaca
Because I carry you in my thoughts, Oaxaca
El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz
Respect for others' rights is peace
En México tenemos orgullo de amar
In Mexico, we take pride in love
La tierra fecunda
The fertile land
El cordón umbilical
The umbilical cord
El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz
Respect for others' rights is peace
El día y la noche
The day and the night
La mujer y el hombre
The woman and the man
Somos la gente del oro de Anáhuac
We are the people of the gold of Anáhuac
El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz
Respect for others' rights is peace
Cada país merece respeto
Every country deserves respect
EL dinero no manda
Money doesn't rule
La raza es la misma, la raza humana
The race is the same, the human race
El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz
Respect for others' rights is peace
En un pueblo de la sierra
In a village in the mountains
Un gran zapoteca
A great Zapotec
Cambió nuestra tierra
Changed our land
Con ese gran lema
With that great motto
Libertad
Freedom
Ley
Law
Sacrificio
Sacrifice
Porque te traigo en el pensamiento, Oaxaca
Because I carry you in my thoughts, Oaxaca
Porque te traigo en el pensamiento, Oaxaca
Because I carry you in my thoughts, Oaxaca
Porque te traigo en el pensamiento, Oaxaca
Because I carry you in my thoughts, Oaxaca
Porque te traigo en el pensamiento, Oaxaca
Because I carry you in my thoughts, Oaxaca
Son de Juárez
It's the sound of Juárez
¡Ajá!
Aha!
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Key vocabulary
- tomar
- takeA2
- cosas
- thingsA1
- amar
- to love; to like or be fond ofB2
- tiempo
- timeA1
- soy
- amA1
- cedro
- cedarB1
- derecho
- rightA2
- siga
- follow
- fiesta
- partyA1
- vida
- lifeA2
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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.