Susana Baca
Heces lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Length
- 2:49
Esta tarde llue-
This afternoon it rains—
Como nunca
Like never before
Y no tengo ganas
And I don't feel like
De vivir, corazón
Living, my heart
Esta tarde es dulce
This afternoon is sweet
Porque no ha de ser
Because why shouldn't it be
Viste gracia y pena
You wore grace and sorrow
Viste de mujer
You dressed as a woman
Esta tarde en Lima llueve
This afternoon in Lima it rains
Y yo recuerdo
And I remember
Las tabernas crueles
The cruel taverns
De mi ingratitud
Of my ingratitude
Mi bloque de hielo
My block of ice
Sobre su amapola
Upon her poppy
Más fuerte que su
Stronger than her
"No seas así"
"Don't be like that"
Mis violentas
My violent
Flores negras
Black flowers
Y la bárbara y enorme pedrada
And the barbaric and huge stone thrown
Y el trecho glacial
And the glacial stretch
Pondrá el silencio
It will bring the silence
De su dignidad
Of its dignity
Con óleos quemantes
With burning oils
El punto final
The final touch
Por eso esta tarde
That's why this afternoon
Como nunca
Like never before
Voy con este búho
I go with this owl
Con este corazón
With this heart
Y otras pasan
And others pass by
Y viéndome tan triste
And seeing myself so sad
Toman un poquito de ti
They take a little bit of you
En la abrupta arruga de mi hondo dolor
In the harsh crease of my deep sorrow
Esta tarde llue-
This afternoon it rains-
Llueve mucho
It rains a lot
Y no tengo ganas
And I don't feel like
De vivir, corazón
Living, my love
Y no tengo ganas
And I don't feel like
De vivir, corazón
Living, my love
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Key vocabulary
- dolor
- painA2
- eso
- thatA1
- llue
- shower
- llueve
- rains
- tabernas
- tavernsC1
- crueles
- cruel
- ingratitud
- ingratitude
- amapola
- poppy
- pondrá
- will put
- quemantes
- burning
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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.