Lila Downs
Soy pescador lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:59
Ora voy a comenzar
Now I'm going to begin
A ver si puedo o no puedo,
Let's see if I can or if I can't,
A ver si puedo cantar
Let's see if I can sing
O a medio verso me quedo,
Or halfway through I get stuck,
Soy pescador vivo en el mar
I'm a fisherman living in the sea
Ando en busca de un amor
I wander in search of a love
Que no lo puedo olvidar.
That I can't forget.
A la mar fui por naranja
To the sea I went for an orange
Cosa que la mar no tiene
A thing that the sea doesn't have
El que vive de esperanza
He who lives in hope
La esperanza lo mantiene.
Hope keeps it alive.
Dicen que la mar es grande
They say the sea is vast
Agua de todos los rios
Water from all the rivers
Donde se van a juntar
Where your loves will meet
Tus amores con los mios
With mine.
Soy pescador vivo en el mar
I am a fisherman, I live in the sea
Ando en busca de un amor
Searching for a love
Que no lo puedo olvidar.
That I can't forget.
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Key vocabulary
- tus
- yourA1
- cantar
- to singA1
- ora
- pray
- amor
- loveB1
- comenzar
- beginB1
- quedo
- stayC1
- verso
- verseB2
- medio
- halfA2
- fui
- I wentB1
- naranja
- orangeA1
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.