Lila Downs
Tumba 7 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 5:02
Lo que tu cuerpo pida yo daré
Whatever your body desires, I will give.
Lo que tú buscas, divino consuelo
What you're seeking, divine comfort.
Y seré yo la tumba que tu cuerpo busca
And I will be the grave that your body seeks.
Tu conquista en mi sueño
Your conquest in my dream.
Que la tumba número 7
That grave number 7.
Quieres visitar, conmigo
You want to visit, with me.
Para levitar, corazón
To levitate, heart.
Yo seré el fuego tobalá
I will be the fire tobalá.
Y en tus ríos y mi fuego
And in your rivers and my fire.
Te daré dulce consuelo
I will give you sweet comfort.
Lo que tú me pidas, eso te daré
Whatever you ask of me, that's what I'll give you
Eso te daré, corazón
That's what I'll give you, my heart
Los danzantes, el espejo, las plumas
The dancers, the mirror, the feathers
Eres del sol y yo de la luna
You are of the sun and I of the moon
Juego con tus ojos, tu piel morena, mi tesoro
I play with your eyes, your dark skin, my treasure
Ese índigo es la gloria
That indigo is the glory
Mi ofrenda que juegan los xolos
My offering that the xolos play with
Donde el sol sale
Where the sun rises
Obsidiana
Obsidian
Lo que tu cuerpo pida yo te daré
Whatever your body asks for, I will give you
Divino consuelo yo te daré
Divine comfort, I will give to you
Ahí nos encontraremos, amor mío
There we'll meet, my love
En el destello de oro
In the golden gleam
De oro
Golden
De oro
Golden
Dile a tu cuerpo que me quiera, que me quiera
Tell your body to love me, to love me
Dile a tu cuerpo que me quiera, que me quiera
Tell your body to love me, to love me
Dile a tu cuerpo que me quiera, que me quiera
Tell your body to love me, to love me
Las plumas
The feathers
Eres del sol y yo de la luna
You are of the sun and I am of the moon
Juego con tus ojos
I play with your eyes
Divino mi tesoro, mi ofrenda
Divine my treasure, my offering
Lo que tu cuerpo pida yo te daré
Whatever your body desires, I will give you
Lo que tu cuerpo pida te daré
Whatever your body desires, I'll give you
Lo que tu cuerpo pida yo te daré
Whatever your body desires, I will give you
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Key vocabulary
- pida
- ask
- levitar
- levitate
- tobalá
- folk song
- pidas
- ask
- índigo
- indigo
- sale
- leaves
- obsidiana
- obsidian
- encontraremos
- we will find
- destello
- flash
- dile
- tell himB2
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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.