Lila Downs
Tus pencas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:24
Deseo que vayas conmigo
I wish you would come with me
Y que me acompañes
And that you would stay by my side
Deseo que tú te me acerques
I wish you would get closer to me
Y roses mi piel
And touch my skin
Deseo decirte que sueño
I want to tell you that I dream
Yo mucho contigo
A lot about you
Y cuando subas a mi cuarto
And when you come up to my room
Te quiero decir
I want to tell you
Antojo de hombre
A craving for a man
Así como estás
Just the way you are
Antojo, que la luna
Craving, that the moon
Ya está menguante
Is now waning
Yo quiero raspar
I want to scrape
Contigo éste maguey
This maguey with you
Yo quiero agua de éstas pencas
I want water from these leaves
Que son plenas
That are full
Mi aliento es la nube que flota la costa
My breath is the cloud that floats over the coast
Soy ríos y montes sobre de la tierra
I am rivers and mountains upon the earth
La espuma mi rostro
The foam on my face
Soy libre y soy mujer
I am free and I am a woman
Para beberte
To drink you in
Quiero raspar contigo
I want to scrape with you
Más crudo que el mezcal
Rawer than mezcal
Ésta aguamiel
This aguamiel
El pulque mexicano
Mexican pulque
Deseo que tú a mí me mires de allá
I wish you would look at me from over there
Y me veas desde lejos
And see me from afar
Yo sé que tú a mí me deseas de lejos
I know you desire me from a distance
Me buscas también
You look for me too
Yo con mis amigos la llevo de siempre
I always bring my friends along
Y salgo con ellos
And I go out with them
Pero yo deseo del tuyo tus pencas
But I desire your leaves
Dame de tu miel
Give me your honey
Antojo de hombre
A man's craving
Así como estás
Just as you are
Antojo, que la luna
Craving, for the moon
Ya está menguante
Is already waning
Yo quiero raspar
I want to scrape
Contigo éste maguey
This agave with you
Yo quiero agua de éstas pencas
I want water from these leaves
Que son plenas
That they are full of life
Mi aliento es la nube que flota la costa
My breath is the cloud that floats by the coast
Soy ríos y montes sobre de la tierra
I am rivers and mountains upon the land
La espuma mi rostro
The foam on my face
Soy libre y soy mujer
I am free and I am a woman
Para beberte
To drink you in
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Key vocabulary
- vayas
- goB1
- acompañes
- accompany
- como
- likeB1
- conmigo
- with meB1
- plenas
- fullC1
- costa
- coastA2
- crudo
- rawA2
- acerques
- approach
- sueño
- dreamA2
- mucho
- muchA1
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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.