Lila Downs
Un mundo raro lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:33
Cuando te hablen de amor
When they talk to you about love
Y de ilusiones
And about dreams
Y te ofrezcan un sol
And they offer you a sun
Y un cielo entero
And a whole sky
Si te acuerdas de mí
If you remember me
No me menciones
Don't mention me
Porque vas a sentir
Because you're going to feel
Amor del bueno
True love
Y si quieren saber
And if they want to know
De tu pasado
About your past
Es preciso decir una mentira
It's essential to tell a lie
Dí que vienes de allá
Say that you come from there
De un mundo raro
From a strange world
De un mundo raro
From a strange world
Que no sabes llorar
That you don't know how to cry
Que no sabes llorar
That you don't know how to cry
Que no entiendes de amor
That you don't understand love
Que no entiendes de amor
That you don't understand love
Y que nunca has amado
And that you've never loved
Porque yo a donde voy
Because wherever I go
Porque yo a donde voy
Because wherever I go
Hablaré de tu amor
I'll speak of your love
Como un sueño dorado
Like a golden dream
Y olvidando el rencor
And forgetting the resentment
Y olvidando el rencor
And forgetting the resentment
No diré que tu adiós
I won't say that your goodbye
Me volvió desgraciado
Made me miserable
Me volvió desgraciado
Made me miserable
Y si quieren saber
And if they want to know
Y si quieren saber
And if they want to know
De mi pasado
From my past
Es preciso decir otra mentira
It's necessary to tell another lie
Les diré que llegué
I'll tell them I arrived
De un mundo raro
From a strange world
De un mundo raro
From a strange world
Que no sé del dolor
That I don't know of pain
Que no sé de dolor
That I don't know of pain
Que triunfé en el amor
That I triumphed in love
Y que triunfe el amor
And love shall triumph
Y que nunca
And never
Y que nunca
And that I've never
He llorado
Cried
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Key vocabulary
- hablen
- talk
- ilusiones
- illusionsC2
- amor
- loveB1
- adiós
- goodbyeA1
- ofrezcan
- offer
- entero
- wholeC2
- acuerdas
- rememberA2
- menciones
- mentions
- porque
- becauseB1
- bueno
- goodA1
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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.