Lila Downs
Taco de palabras lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:04
Por mi raza, por mi casa, por me pueblo te pedí
For my race, for my home, for my people, I asked you
Tortilla
Y me diste chile picoso
And you gave me spicy chili
¡Ay, machete!
Oh, machete!
Ya no me castigues tanto
Don't punish me so much anymore
De todos modos yo Juan te llamo
Either way, I call you Juan
Yo me entrego aquí en este canto
I give myself here in this song
Tómala, tómala, tómala, tómala, tómala
Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it
Ahee, aha, la tortilla
Ahee, aha, the tortilla
Comía, comía, comía tacos de palabras, comía
I ate, I ate, I ate tacos of words, I ate
Bebía, bebía, bebía agua de mentiras, bebía
I drank, drank, drank water of lies, I drank
Comía, comía y comía tacos de palabras
I ate, ate and ate tacos of words
Y de mentiras
And of lies
Palabras, palabras, palabras
Words, words, words
Que me engañarían
That would deceive me
Si de cuándo tienes ganas
If whenever you feel like it
Ya no me eches tanto rollo, a fuerza
Don't give me so much nonsense, for sure
Ni el zapato entra
Not even the shoe fits
¡Qué cobarde! Cobarde para enfrentarme
What a coward! Coward to face me
Como el chile de tracionero
Like the treacherous chili
Yo no lloro, nomás me acuerdo
I don't cry, I just remember
Eres más, eres más, eres más
You're more, you're more, you're more
Espina que nopal
Thorn like a cactus
Por mi casa, por mi raza, por me pueblo, te pedí
For my home, for my people, for my town, I asked you
Por mi raza, por mi casa, por me pueblo, te pedí
For my people, for my home, for my town, I asked you
Por mi casa, por mi raza, por me pueblo, te pedí
For my home, for my people, for my town, I asked you
Por mi raza, por mi casa, por me pueblo, te pedí
For my people, for my home, for my town, I asked you
Por el suelo, por Guererro, por el suelo, te pedí
For the ground, for Guerrero, for the ground, I asked you
Por el suelo, por Guererro, por el suelo, te pedí
For the ground, for Guerrero, for the ground, I asked you
Por el suelo, por Guererro, por el suelo, te pedí
For the ground, for Guerrero, for the ground, I asked you
Por el suelo, por Guererro, por el suelo, te pedí
On the ground, for Guerrero, on the ground, I asked you
Tan lejos del cielo andas
So far from heaven you wander
Y tan cerquita de Dios estás
And so close to God you are
Eres más, eres más, eres más espina que nopal
You're more, you're more, you're more thorn than prickly pear
Por mi raza, por mi casa, por me pueblo te pedí
For my race, for my home, for my people I asked you
Tortillas
Y me diste chile picoso
And you gave me spicy chili
¡Ay, machete!
Oh, machete!
Ya no me castigues tanto
Don't punish me so much anymore
De todos modos yo Juan te llamo
In any case, I, Juan, call you
Yo me entrego aquí en este canto
I give myself here in this song
Comía, comía, comía tacos de palabras, comía
I ate, I ate, I ate tacos of words, I ate
Bebía, bebía, bebía agua de mentiras, bebía
I drank, I drank, I drank water of lies, I drank
Comía, comía, tacos de palabras
I ate, I ate, tacos of words
Y de mentiras
And of lies
Palabras, palabras, palabras
Words, words, words
Que me engañarían
That would deceive me
Por mi raza, por mi casa, por me pueblo te pedí
For my race, for my home, for my people I asked you
¡Tortilla!
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Key vocabulary
- raza
- raceA2
- canto
- songC2
- mentiras
- liesB1
- ganas
- desireB1
- eches
- throws
- guererro
- warrior
- juan
- JohnA1
- pueblo
- townA1
- rollo
- troubleB1
- lejos
- farA1
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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.