Susana Baca
Tu mirada y mi voz lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Length
- 3:51
Dicen que para lograr
They say that to achieve
A la mujer tan ansiada
The woman so desired
Solo basta una estocada
One stroke is all it takes
En el corazón
To the heart
Yo pregunto la razón
I ask for the reason
De este saber que sé yo
For this knowledge that I know
Pues la vida que se va
For the life that slips away
No se lleva nada
Carries nothing with it
Si quisiera ver por ver
If I wanted to see for seeing's sake
Ya todo lo habría visto
I would have seen it all by now
Cual tristeza de mis ojos
Like the sadness in my eyes
No tener que ver
Not having to see
Si pudiera repartir
If I could share
Tu sonrisa por mis valles
Your smile across my valleys
Tus penitas en mis calles
Your little sorrows in my streets
Y tu amor en mí
And your love in me
Yo tendría una razón
I would have a reason
Que juntas con las demás
That, combined with the others
Me darían la ocasión
Would give me the chance
De gritar "qué lindo es el amor"
To shout 'how beautiful love is!'
Para el que solo tiene fantasías
For the one who only has dreams
Y el calor de una compañía
And the warmth of a companion
Que es la vida mía
That is my life
El hogar se ve mejor
Home looks better
Cuando hay fuego que lo encienda
When there's a fire to ignite it
Cuando hay leña que retenga
When there's wood to hold it
Tu mirada y mi voz
Your gaze and my voice
Cuando hay leña que retenga
When there's wood to hold it
Tu mirada y mi voz
Your gaze and my voice
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
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Key vocabulary
- voz
- voiceB1
- basta
- enoughB2
- cual
- whichB2
- dicen
- sayB2
- habría
- wouldB2
- lograr
- achieveB2
- mujer
- womanA1
- tan
- soA2
- pregunto
- I askB2
- pudiera
- couldB2
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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.