
Lila Downs
Tu recuerdo y yo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:18
Estoy en el rincón de una cantina
I'm in the corner of a bar
Oyendo la canción que yo pedí
Listening to the song that I requested
Me están sirviendo ahorita mi tequila
They're pouring my tequila right now
Ya va mi piensamento rumbo a ti
My thoughts are already on their way to you
Caballero, yo te conozco
Gentleman, I know you
Tú no tienes corazón
You have no heart
Caballero, yo te conozco
Gentleman, I know you
Tú no tienes corazón
You have no heart
Yo sé que tu recuerdo es mi desgracia
I know that your memory is my misfortune
Y vengo aquí nomás a recordar
And I come here just to remember
Qué amargas son las cosas que nos pasan
How bitter are the things that happen to us
Cuando hay un corazón que paga mal
When there’s a heart that pays for it all
La vida no vale nada
Life isn’t worth anything
No vale nada la vida
Life isn’t worth anything
Lastima el capricho vano
It hurts the empty whim
La reata revienta por lo más delgado
The rope snaps at its thinnest
En fin, mírate, pobre diablo
In the end, look at you, poor devil
Ya dadas, ni puñaladas hacen daño
Now given, not even stabbings hurt
Mataste la mata chula, papi
You killed the beautiful plant, daddy
La suerte a ti te cogió
Luck caught up with you
Camina por la mujer un rato
Walk for a while with the woman
Recuerda quién te parió
Remember who gave you life
Recuerda quién te parió
Remember who gave you life
La vida no vale nada
Life is worth nothing
No vale nada la vida
Life is worth nothing
La vida no vale nada
Life is worth nothing
No vale nada la vida
Life is worth nothing
Quién no sabe en esta vida
Who doesn't know in this life
La tración tan conocida que nos deja un mal amor
The betrayal so well known that leaves us with a bad love
Quién no llega a la cantina
Who doesn't make it to the bar
Exigiendo su tequila y exigiendo su canción
Demanding their tequila and demanding their song
Me están sirviendo ya la del estribo
They're already pouring me the farewell drink
Ahorita, ahorita ya no sé si tenga fe
Right now, right now I don't know if I have faith
Ahorita solamente ya les pido
Right now I only ask them
Que toquen otra vez 'La que se fue'
To play again 'The one that left'
La vida no vale nada
Life is worth nothing
No vale nada la vida
Life is worth nothing
La vida no vale nada
Life is worth nothing
No vale nada la vida, ah
Life is worth nothing, ah
La vida no vale nada
Life is worth nothing
No vale nada la vida
Life is worth nothing
Empieza siempre llorando
It always starts with crying
Y así, llorando, se acaba
And so, crying, it ends
Por eso es que en este mundo
That's why in this world
La vida no vale nada
Life is worth nothing
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Key vocabulary
- tenga
- haveB1
- deja
- leaveB2
- fe
- faithB2
- rincón
- cornerA1
- cantina
- barC2
- oyendo
- hearing
- canción
- songA1
- pedí
- asked
- están
- they areA1
- sirviendo
- serving
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.