Susana Baca
Copla de la muerte lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Length
- 0:43
Quisiera cruzar el rio
I wish to cross the river
Quisiera cruza el rio
I wish to cross the river
Sin que la arena me sienta
Without the sand feeling me
Ponerle grillos al diablo
To put shackles on the devil
Ponerle grillos al diablo
To put shackles on the devil
Y a la muerte una cadena
And a chain on death
Y a la muerte una cadena
And a chain on death
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Key vocabulary
- quisiera
- I wouldB1
- cruzar
- to crossA2
- rio
- river
- cruza
- crossA2
- arena
- sandB1
- sienta
- sitB2
- ponerle
- put it
- grillos
- crickets
- diablo
- devilC2
- muerte
- deathB1
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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.