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Tus pencas – Lila Downs

Lila Downs

Tus pencas lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
2017
Genre
Cumbia
Length
3:24
  1. Deseo que vayas conmigo

    I wish you would come with me

  2. Y que me acompañes

    And that you would stay by my side

  3. Deseo que te me acerques

    I wish you would get closer to me

  4. Y roses mi piel

    And touch my skin

  5. Deseo decirte que sueño

    I want to tell you that I dream

  6. Yo mucho contigo

    A lot about you

  7. Y cuando subas a mi cuarto

    And when you come up to my room

  8. Te quiero decir

    I want to tell you

  9. Antojo de hombre

    A craving for a man

  10. Así como estás

    Just the way you are

  11. Antojo, que la luna

    Craving, that the moon

  12. Ya está menguante

    Is now waning

  13. Yo quiero raspar

    I want to scrape

  14. Contigo éste maguey

    This maguey with you

  15. Yo quiero agua de éstas pencas

    I want water from these leaves

  16. Que son plenas

    That are full

  17. Mi aliento es la nube que flota la costa

    My breath is the cloud that floats over the coast

  18. Soy ríos y montes sobre de la tierra

    I am rivers and mountains upon the earth

  19. La espuma mi rostro

    The foam on my face

  20. Soy libre y soy mujer

    I am free and I am a woman

  21. Para beberte

    To drink you in

  22. Quiero raspar contigo

    I want to scrape with you

  23. Más crudo que el mezcal

    Rawer than mezcal

  24. Ésta aguamiel

    This aguamiel

  25. El pulque mexicano

    Mexican pulque

  26. Deseo que a me mires de allá

    I wish you would look at me from over there

  27. Y me veas desde lejos

    And see me from afar

  28. Yo que a me deseas de lejos

    I know you desire me from a distance

  29. Me buscas también

    You look for me too

  30. Yo con mis amigos la llevo de siempre

    I always bring my friends along

  31. Y salgo con ellos

    And I go out with them

  32. Pero yo deseo del tuyo tus pencas

    But I desire your leaves

  33. Dame de tu miel

    Give me your honey

  34. Antojo de hombre

    A man's craving

  35. Así como estás

    Just as you are

  36. Antojo, que la luna

    Craving, for the moon

  37. Ya está menguante

    Is already waning

  38. Yo quiero raspar

    I want to scrape

  39. Contigo éste maguey

    This agave with you

  40. Yo quiero agua de éstas pencas

    I want water from these leaves

  41. Que son plenas

    That they are full of life

  42. Mi aliento es la nube que flota la costa

    My breath is the cloud that floats by the coast

  43. Soy ríos y montes sobre de la tierra

    I am rivers and mountains upon the land

  44. La espuma mi rostro

    The foam on my face

  45. Soy libre y soy mujer

    I am free and I am a woman

  46. 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

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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Tus pencas

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 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 a 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 que a 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