Lila Downs
Una sangre lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 3:27
La punta de oeste carga
The tip of the west carries
Gente de cualquier nación
People from any nation
De Chile hasta Puerto Rico
From Chile to Puerto Rico
Cargamos el mismo patrón
We carry the same pattern
Pisando la tierra firme
Treading on solid ground
Se suelta la bestia al cañón
The beast is unleashed at the cannon
Que emana este fuego eterno
That emanates this eternal fire
Que busca revolución
That seeks revolution
Que busca revolución
That seeks revolution
Que busca revolución
That seeks revolution
Somos una sangre
We are one blood
Una sangre somos
One blood we are
Polvo de la tierra sentada a la mesa de nuestra illusión
Dust of the earth seated at the table of our illusion
Somos una sangre
We are one blood
Solamente sangre
Only blood
Con el alma en la boca y la sangre caliente en el corazón
With the soul in the mouth and the hot blood in the heart
Con el alma en la boca y la sangre caliente en el corazón
With the soul in the mouth and the hot blood in the heart
El hijo duerme tranquilo
The child sleeps peacefully
Su sueño cuidado está
His dream is well cared for
Su madre le dio este mundo
His mother gave him this world
Porque ella no pudo volar
Because she couldn't fly
Bailamos todos a un ritmo
We all dance to one rhythm
A un ritmo de humanidad
To a rhythm of humanity
Que sangre del polvo al polvo
That blood from dust to dust
De tierra se vuelve mar
From land it turns to sea
De tierra se vuelve mar
From land it turns to sea
De tierra se vuelve mar
From land it turns to sea
Somos una sangre
We are one blood
Una sangre somos
One blood we are
Polvo de la tierra sentada a la mesa de nuestra illusión
Dust of the earth sitting at the table of our illusion
Somos una sangre
We are one blood
Solamente sangre
Just blood
Con el alma en la boca y la sangre caliente en el corazón
With the soul in the mouth and the hot blood in the heart
Con el alma en la boca y la sangre caliente en el corazón
With the soul in the mouth and the hot blood in the heart
Con el alma en la boca y la sangre caliente en el corazón
With the soul in the mouth and the hot blood in the heart
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Key vocabulary
- caliente
- hotA1
- alma
- soulB2
- cañón
- cannonB2
- carga
- loadB2
- punta
- tipB2
- gente
- peopleA1
- cualquier
- anyB1
- chile
- chiliA1
- rico
- richA2
- cargamos
- we load
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.