Susana Baca
Poema lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Length
- 3:14
Para ti
For you
Tengo impresa una sonrisa
I have a smile printed
En papel japón
On Japanese paper
Mírame
Look at me
Que haces crecer
You make grow
La yerba de los prados
The grass of the meadows
Mujer
Woman
Mapa de música
Map of music
Claro de río
River's glade
Fiesta de fruta
Fruit festival
Para ti
For you
Tengo impresa una sonrisa
I have a smile printed
En papel japón
On Japan paper
Mírame
Look at me
Que haces crecer
You make it grow
La yerba de los prados
The grass of the meadows
Mujer
Woman
Mapa de música
Map of music
Claro de río
River clearing
Fiesta de fruta
Fruit party
Déjame que bese tu voz
Let me kiss your voice
Que canta
That sings
En todas las ramas
In all the branches
De la mañana
Of the morning
Que canta
That sings
En todas las ramas
In all the branches
De la mañana
Of the morning
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Key vocabulary
- prados
- meadowsA1
- tengo
- I haveA1
- claro
- clearA1
- fiesta
- partyA1
- déjame
- let meB1
- ramas
- branchesB1
- mañana
- tomorrowA1
- yerba
- herbA1
- japón
- JapanB2
- mírame
- lookC2
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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.