
Susana Baca
Te quiero lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Length
- 5:09
Si te quiero es porque eres
If I love you, it's because you are
Mi amor, mi cómplice y todo
My love, my accomplice, and everything
Y en la calle codo a codo
And in the street, side by side
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Tus manos son mi caricia
Your hands are my caress
Mis acordes cotidianos
My everyday chords
Te quiero porque tus manos
I love you because your hands
Trabajan por la justicia
Work for justice
Si te quiero es porque eres
If I love you, it's because you are
Mi amor, mi cómplice y todo
My love, my accomplice and everything
Y en la calle codo a codo
And on the street, side by side
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Tus ojos son mi conjuro
Your eyes are my spell
Contra la mala jornada
Against the bad days
Te quiero por tu mirada
I love you for your gaze
Que mira y siembra futuro
That looks and sows the future
Tu boca que es tuya y mía
Your mouth that is yours and mine
Tu boca no se equivoca
Your mouth never makes a mistake
Te quiero porque tu boca
I love you because your mouth
Sabe gritar rebeldía
Knows how to scream rebellion
Si te quiero es porque eres
If I love you it's because you are
Mi amor, mi cómplice y todo
My love, my accomplice, and everything
Y en la calle codo a codo
And on the street, side by side
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Y por tu rostro sincero
And for your sincere face
Y tu paso vagabundo
And your wandering step
Y tu llanto por el mundo
And your weeping for the world
Porque eres pueblo
Because you are the people
Te quiero
I love you
Y porque amor no es aureola
And because love is not a halo
Ni cándida moraleja
Nor a pure moral lesson
Y porque somos pareja
And because we are a couple
Que sabe que no está sola
Who knows they are not alone
Te quiero en mi paraíso
I want you in my paradise
Y es decir que en mi país
And that means in my country
La gente viva feliz
People live happily
Aunque no tenga permiso
Even if they don't have permission
Si te quiero es porque eres
If I love you, it's because you are
Mi amor, mi cómplice y todo
My love, my accomplice, and everything
Y en la calle codo a codo
And on the street, side by side
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
Y en la calle codo a codo
And on the street, side by side
Somos mucho más que dos
We are so much more than two
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Key vocabulary
- mala
- badA2
- quiero
- wantA2
- sincero
- sincereB1
- tuya
- yoursB1
- eres
- areA1
- país
- countryA1
- pareja
- pairA1
- porque
- because; for the reason thatB1
- amor
- loveB1
- cómplice
- accompliceA2
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.