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Tu recuerdo y yo – Lila Downs

Lila Downs

Tu recuerdo y yo lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
2006
Genre
Cumbia
Length
3:18
  1. Estoy en el rincón de una cantina

    I'm in the corner of a bar

  2. Oyendo la canción que yo pedí

    Listening to the song that I requested

  3. Me están sirviendo ahorita mi tequila

    They're pouring my tequila right now

  4. Ya va mi piensamento rumbo a ti

    My thoughts are already on their way to you

  5. Caballero, yo te conozco

    Gentleman, I know you

  6. no tienes corazón

    You have no heart

  7. Caballero, yo te conozco

    Gentleman, I know you

  8. no tienes corazón

    You have no heart

  9. Yo que tu recuerdo es mi desgracia

    I know that your memory is my misfortune

  10. Y vengo aquí nomás a recordar

    And I come here just to remember

  11. Qué amargas son las cosas que nos pasan

    How bitter are the things that happen to us

  12. Cuando hay un corazón que paga mal

    When there’s a heart that pays for it all

  13. La vida no vale nada

    Life isn’t worth anything

  14. No vale nada la vida

    Life isn’t worth anything

  15. Lastima el capricho vano

    It hurts the empty whim

  16. La reata revienta por lo más delgado

    The rope snaps at its thinnest

  17. En fin, mírate, pobre diablo

    In the end, look at you, poor devil

  18. Ya dadas, ni puñaladas hacen daño

    Now given, not even stabbings hurt

  19. Mataste la mata chula, papi

    You killed the beautiful plant, daddy

  20. La suerte a ti te cogió

    Luck caught up with you

  21. Camina por la mujer un rato

    Walk for a while with the woman

  22. Recuerda quién te parió

    Remember who gave you life

  23. Recuerda quién te parió

    Remember who gave you life

  24. La vida no vale nada

    Life is worth nothing

  25. No vale nada la vida

    Life is worth nothing

  26. La vida no vale nada

    Life is worth nothing

  27. No vale nada la vida

    Life is worth nothing

  28. Quién no sabe en esta vida

    Who doesn't know in this life

  29. La tración tan conocida que nos deja un mal amor

    The betrayal so well known that leaves us with a bad love

  30. Quién no llega a la cantina

    Who doesn't make it to the bar

  31. Exigiendo su tequila y exigiendo su canción

    Demanding their tequila and demanding their song

  32. Me están sirviendo ya la del estribo

    They're already pouring me the farewell drink

  33. Ahorita, ahorita ya no si tenga fe

    Right now, right now I don't know if I have faith

  34. Ahorita solamente ya les pido

    Right now I only ask them

  35. Que toquen otra vez 'La que se fue'

    To play again 'The one that left'

  36. La vida no vale nada

    Life is worth nothing

  37. No vale nada la vida

    Life is worth nothing

  38. La vida no vale nada

    Life is worth nothing

  39. No vale nada la vida, ah

    Life is worth nothing, ah

  40. La vida no vale nada

    Life is worth nothing

  41. No vale nada la vida

    Life is worth nothing

  42. Empieza siempre llorando

    It always starts with crying

  43. Y así, llorando, se acaba

    And so, crying, it ends

  44. Por eso es que en este mundo

    That's why in this world

  45. 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.

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Tu recuerdo y yo

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

no tienes corazón

You have no heart

Caballero, yo te conozco

Gentleman, I know you

no tienes corazón

You have no heart

Yo 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 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