Susana Baca
Que bonito tu vestido lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Length
- 5:39
Qué bonito tu vestido
How lovely your dress is
Todo fuera y nada adentro
Everything's outside and nothing's inside
Todo fuera y nada adentro
Everything's outside and nothing's inside
Qué bonito tu vestido
How lovely your dress is
Qué bonito tu vestido
How lovely your dress is
Todo fuera y nada adentro
Everything's outside and nothing's inside
Todo fuera y nada adentro
Everything's outside and nothing's inside
Qué bonito, está precioso
So beautiful, it's gorgeous
Te lo digo como cumplido
I say it as a compliment
Ingenuamente, no soy maloso
Naively, I'm not mean
Ay lará, ay lará
Oh lará, oh lará
Ay lará, la, la, la, la
Oh lará, la, la, la, la
Ay lará, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh lará, la, la, la, la, la, la
Ay lará, la, la, la, la
Oh lará, la, la, la, la
Qué risueña y cuan etérea
How cheerful and so ethereal
Ay, mi marioneta en vilo
Oh, my puppet in suspense
Ay, mi marioneta en vilo
Oh, my puppet in suspense
Qué risueña y cuan etérea
How cheerful and so ethereal
Un azar recoge el hilo
A chance weaves the thread
Y me quedo yo sin ella
And I'm left without her
Y me quedo yo sin ella
And I find myself without her
Sí, un azar recoge el hilo
Yes, a chance picks up the thread
Ya me dejaste huella
You've left a mark on me
Tu hermosura tiene filo
Your beauty has an edge
Ay lará, ay lará
Oh lara, oh lara
Ay lará, la, la, la, la
Oh lara, la, la, la, la
Ay lará, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh lara, la, la, la, la, la, la
Ay lará, la, la, la, la
Oh lara, la, la, la, la
Ay, las nubes asombradas
Oh, the clouds are amazed
Como espantadas de mirarnos
Like they're frightened to see us
Como espantadas de mirarnos
Like startled by our gaze
Ay, las nubes asombradas
Oh, the clouds amazed
Traen agüita pa' regarnos
They bring water to shower us
Como plantitas raras
Like strange little plants
Como plantitas raras
Like strange little plants
Traen agüita pa' regarnos
They bring water to shower us
Véngase, prietito claro
Come here, dark little one
Tenemos tiempo pa' cobijarnos
We have time to shelter ourselves
Ay lará, ay lará
Oh lara, oh lara
Ay lará, la, la, la, la
Oh lara, la, la, la, la
Ay lará, la, la, la, la, la, la
Oh lara, la, la, la, la, la, la
Ay lará, la, la, la, la
Oh lara, la, la, la, la
En el mar de tu pelo
In the sea of your hair
En el mar de tu pelo
In the sea of your hair
En el mar de tu pelo
In the sea of your hair
Nadé el ceibo con las olitas que hace
I swam the ceibo with the little waves it makes
Con las olitas que hace
With the little waves it makes
Mi amor se mece allá arriba, allá arriba
My love sways up high, up high
La dulce tece, la dulce tece
The sweet weaves, the sweet weaves
Arriba, allá arriba, allá arriba, allá arriba
Up high, up high, up high, up high
Y así como allá arriba
And just like up there
Y así como allá arriba
And just like up there
Me quedaré, me quedaré, me quedaré
I will stay, I will stay, I will stay
Me quedaré, me quedaré
I will stay, I will stay
Key vocabulary
- qué
- whatA1
- bonito
- prettyA1
- todo
- everythingA1
- fuera
- outsideA2
- nada
- nothingA2
- huella
- footprintB2
- vestido
- dressA1
- ya
- alreadyA2
- etérea
- ethereal
- marioneta
- puppetB1
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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.