Lila Downs
Tres pedernal lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 5:16
Mujer que nace en el silencio de la noche
Woman born in the silence of the night
De un caracol respira el aire de ese mundo rojo
From a snail she breathes the air of that red world
Y aunque se esconde la verdad entre las piedras
And even though the truth hides among the stones
Se ve bailando con la muerte
She can be seen dancing with death
Ante un baño de vapor
In front of a steam bath
Yuu yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri, yuu yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri, yuu yuchi-ri
Ja si'i luu ndu jita ja'a
Ja si'i luu ndu jita ja'a
Jin jina ni'i
Jin jina ni'i
Iin jakua ni kaku-ña
Iin jakua ni kaku-ña
Chii iin koo ntiki
Chii iin koo ntiki
Vina ni cha Ya-na
Wine is like Ya-na
Nuu nte tatu-ni
I am not yours
Ma kiti ini-ni
But I call out to you
Ja ni nakua-ni
I can become yours
Iin ja ntee ja ntatu ini-na
And I will be yours forever
Yuu yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri, yuu yuchiri
Yuu yuchi-ri, yuu yuchiri
Por río de palma blanca y en presencia de los Dioses
Through white palm river and in the presence of the Gods
Baja desnuda mi pedernal
Lower my flint naked
Rojo con perlas su vestido
Red with pearls, her dress
En el sol de movimiento
In the sun, swaying
Baja mi yuchi-ri
Lower my yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri, yuu yuchi-ri
Yuu yuchi-ri, yuu yuchi-ri
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Key vocabulary
- vapor
- steamB2
- ve
- seeB2
- aire
- airA1
- baño
- bathA1
- palma
- palmC1
- respira
- breathe
- mundo
- worldA2
- esconde
- hideC1
- bailando
- dancing
- muerte
- deathB1
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.