Susana Baca
Matilde lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Length
- 3:54
Ahora me dejen tranquilo
Now leave me in peace
Ahora se acostumbren sin mí
Now get used to life without me
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, dearly loved
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, dearly loved
Me voy a cerrar los ojos
I'm going to close my eyes
Y solo quiero cinco cosas
And I only want five things
Cinco raíces preferidas
Five favorite roots
Una, es el amor sin fin
One, it's love without end
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, dearly loved
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, dearly loved
Lo segundo, es ver el otoño
The second is to see the autumn
No puede ser sin que las hojas
It can't be without the leaves
Vuelen y vuelvan a la tierra
Flying and returning to the earth
Vuelen y vuelvan a la tierra
Flying and returning to the earth
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, well beloved
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, well beloved
Lo tercero es el gran invierno
The third is the great winter
La lluvia que amé, la caricia
The rain that I loved, the caress
Del fuego en el frío silvestre
Of the fire in the wild cold
Del fuego en el frío silvestre
Of the fire in the wild cold
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, beloved one
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, beloved one
En cuarto lugar, el verano
In fourth place, the summer
La quinta cosa, son tus ojos
The fifth thing, are your eyes
No quiero dormir sin tus ojos
I don't want to sleep without your eyes
No quiero ser sin que me mires
I don't want to be without you looking at me
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, beloved one
Matilde mía, bien amada
My Matilde, beloved one
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Key vocabulary
- dormir
- sleepA2
- lluvia
- rainA2
- fuego
- fireB2
- acostumbren
- get used
- matilde
- Matilda
- amada
- beloved
- vuelen
- fly
- vuelvan
- return
- tercero
- thirdB2
- invierno
- winterA1
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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.