Lila Downs
Yo ya me voy lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 2:48
Yo ya me voy
I'm already on my way
A morir a los desiertos
To die in the deserts
Me voy del ejido
I'm leaving the ejido
Y esa estrella marinera
And that sailor's star
Solo en pensar
Just at the thought
Que ando lejos de mi tierra
That I'm far from my land
Lo más que me acuerdo
The most I remember
Me dan ganas de llorar
Makes me want to cry
Pero a mí no me divierten
But I’m not amused by
Los cigarros de La Dalia
The cigarettes from La Dalia
Pero a mí no me consuela
But it doesn't comfort me
Esas copas de agua ardiente
Those glasses of burning water
Ay, tan solo en pensar
Oh, just thinking about it
Que dejé a un amor pendiente
That I left a love hanging
No más que me acuerdo
No more than when I remember
Me dan ganas de llorar
It makes me want to cry
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Key vocabulary
- estrella
- starA2
- voy
- I goA1
- desiertos
- desertsA2
- ejido
- communal land
- esa
- thatA1
- lejos
- farA1
- más
- moreB1
- solo
- onlyA1
- llorar
- cryB1
- divierten
- they amuse
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.