Mon Laferte
Flor de amapola lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Indie Rock, Indie Pop
- Length
- 4:20
Tú
You
Eres todo y simplemente
Are everything and simply
No
No
Tienes nada que esconder
You have nothing to hide
A veces sonrío
Sometimes I smile
Los árboles se pixelan
The trees pixelate
Me baño en el río
I bathe in the river
La corriente me libera
The current sets me free
Yo
I
Busco algo diferente
Seek something different
Yo
I
Sé que hay algo que perder
I know there's something to lose
Tenemos un vicio
We have a vice
Aullar a la luna llena
Howling at the full moon
Me quedo contigo
I stay with you
Y tú dejas que se pueda
And you let it happen
Porque contigo yo sueño despierta
Because with you I daydream
No sé, me mueves en cámara lenta
I don't know, you move me in slow motion
Flor de amapola
Poppy flower
Creces entre la hierba
You grow among the grass
Me baño en el río
I bathe in the river
La corriente me libera
The current sets me free
Porque contigo yo sueño despierta
Because with you I dream awake
No sé, me mueves en cámara lenta
I don't know, you move me in slow motion
Flor de amapola
Poppy flower
Creces entre la hierba
You grow among the grass
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Que sepas ahora
That you know now
Adoro la fragilidad a flote
I adore the fragility afloat
O sumergida, curar y rocío suspiro
Or submerged, to heal and dew sigh
Te pusiste una flor de amapola en el pelo
You put a poppy flower in your hair
Tocaste mi mano, te quiero, te quiero
You touched my hand, I love you, I love you
Cantando cuando sube el humo
Singing when the smoke rises
Te entiendo cuando corre el viento
I understand you when the wind blows
Saca, sácame de aquí
Get me out of here
Que no puedo mentirle a nadie
Because I can't lie to anyone
Me prendo y ando desobedeciendo
I get fired up and I roam disobeying
Flor de amapola
Poppy flower
Creces entre la hierba
You grow among the grass
Porque contigo yo sueño despierta
Because with you I dream awake
No sé, me mueves en cámara lenta
I don’t know, you move me in slow motion
Flor de amapola
Poppy flower
Creces entre la hierba
You grow among the grass
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Key vocabulary
- pueda
- subjunctive form of “poder”; “may”/“might” or “that I/you/he/she/they can” (used after expressions of desire, doubt, or possibility).B1
- contigo
- with youB1
- corre
- runB1
- cuando
- whenB1
- curar
- healB1
- río
- riverA1
- sé
- knowA1
- tenemos
- we haveA1
- tienes
- haveA1
- todo
- everythingA1
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About this song
Mon Laferte is a Chilean singer-songwriter whose work spans pop, rock, blues, and Latin folk. She is known for her flexible, punk-leaning vocal style and genre-mixing songs that draw on mid-century pop while staying contemporary.