Susana Baca
Cariño lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2021
- Length
- 4:10
Dios me ha libertado
God has freed me
Del tiempo y del dolor
From time and from pain
He pagado mi vida
I've paid for my life
Con sangre y juventud
With blood and youth
Y ahora que estoy libre
And now that I am free
Para ofrecerme a ti
To offer myself to you
Sin pedirle permiso
Without asking for permission
Te hice esta canción a ti, cariño
I made this song for you, darling
Yo quiero llevarte
I want to take you
A un lugar que solo conozco yo
To a place that only I know
Cariño, allí no hay destino
Honey, there’s no destination there
Ni llega el ladrido de la sociedad
Nor does the barking of society arrive
Ay, cariño, allí soy la dueña
Oh, honey, there I am the owner
Es la única parte en que no manda Dios
It's the only place where God doesn’t rule
Cariño, allí no hay tristeza
Honey, there’s no sadness there
Ni miedo, ni envidia
Nor fear, nor envy
Ese lugar soy yo
That place is me
Cariño, allí no hay tristeza
Honey, there’s no sadness there
Ni miedo, ni envidia
Nor fear, nor envy
Ese lugar soy yo
That place is me
Dios me ha libertado
God has set me free
Del tiempo y del dolor
From time and from pain
He pagado mi vida
I have paid for my life
Con sangre y juventud
With blood and youth
Y ahora que estoy libre
And now that I am free
Para ofrecerme a ti
To offer myself to you
Sin pedirle permiso
Without asking for permission
Te hice esta canción a ti, cariño
I made this song for you, darling
Yo quiero llevarte
I want to take you
A un lugar que solo conozco yo
To a place that only I know
Cariño, allí no hay destino
Honey, there's no destination there
Ni llega el ladrido de la sociedad
Nor does the barking of society reach
Ay, cariño, allí soy la dueña
Oh, darling, there I am the owner
Es la única parte en que no manda Dios
It's the only place where God doesn't rule
Cariño, allí no hay tristeza
Honey, there's no sadness there
Ni miedo, ni envidia
Nor fear, nor envy
Ese lugar soy yo
That place is me
Cariño, allí no hay tristeza
Honey, there's no sadness there
Ni miedo, ni envidia
Nor fear, nor envy
Ese lugar
That place
Soy yo
It's me
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Key vocabulary
- libertado
- freedman
- llevarte
- to takeB1
- lugar
- placeA1
- ladrido
- barkC2
- soy
- amA1
- dueña
- ownerC1
- manda
- ordersB1
- dios
- godA2
- miedo
- fearA2
- parte
- partA2
About this song
Susana Baca is Peruvian vocalist associated with Afro-Peruvian musical traditions. She is known for her interpretation of Afro-Peruvian repertoire, including the widely heard recording of “Maria Lando” featured on David Byrne’s The Soul of Black Peru.