
Susana Baca
Doña Soledad lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Length
- 3:50
Mire, doña Soledad
Look, Mrs. Solitude
Póngase un rato a pensar
Take a moment to think
Doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude
¿Cuántas personas habrá que la conozcan de verdad?
How many people might truly know her?
Yo la vi en el almacén
I saw her in the store
Peleando por un bistec
Fighting for a steak
Doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude
Y otros dicen: "haga el bien, hágalo sin mirar a quien"
And others say: 'do good, do it without looking at whom'
¿Cuántos vintenes tendrá sin la generosidad?
How many pennies will she have without generosity?
Doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude
Con lo que pueda comprar, el pan y el vino, nada más
With whatever I can buy, bread and wine, nothing more
La carne y la sangre son de propiedad del patrón
The flesh and the blood belong to the boss
Doña Soledad, cuando Cristo dijo: "¡no!"
Mrs. Solitude, when Christ said: "No!"
Usted sabe bien lo que pasó
You know well what happened
Mire, doña Soledad, yo le converso de más
Look, Mrs. Solitude, I talk too much to you
Doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude
Y usted para conversar hubiera querido estudiar
And you would have wanted to study to be able to talk
Cierto que quiso querer, pero no pudo poder
It's true you wanted to love, but you couldn't find the power
Doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude
Porque antes de ser mujer ya tuvo que ir a trabajar
Because before being a woman, she had to go to work
Mire, doña Soledad
Look, Miss Solitude
Póngase un rato a pensar
Take a moment to think
Doña Soledad
Miss Solitude
¿Qué es lo que quieren decir con eso de la libertad?
What do they mean by this thing called freedom?
Usted se puede morir
You can die
Eso es cuestión de salud
That's a matter of health
Doña Soledad
Miss Solitude
Pero no quiera saber lo que le cueste el ataúd
But don't want to know what your coffin will cost
Doña Soledad, hay que trabajar
Miss Solitude, we must work
Pero hay que pensar, no se vaya a morir
But we need to think, don't let yourself die
La van a enterrar, doña Soledad
They're going to bury her, Mrs. Solitude
Doña Soledad, no se vaya a morir, ¡no, no!
Mrs. Solitude, please don't go and die, no, no!
La van a enterrar, doña Soledad
They're going to bury her, Mrs. Solitude
Hay que trabajar, pero hay que pensar
We have to work, but we must also think
No se vaya a morir, la van a enterrar
Please don't go and die, they're going to bury her
Doña Soledad, doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude, Mrs. Solitude
Doña Soledad, doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude, Mrs. Solitude
Doña Soledad
Mrs. Solitude
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Key vocabulary
- cuando
- whenB1
- patrón
- patternC1
- dicen
- sayB2
- hágalo
- do it
- quien
- whoB1
- vintenes
- twenties
- conversar
- converseC1
- cierto
- certainB1
- quiso
- wanted
- ya
- alreadyA2
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.