Susana Baca
Una copla me ha cantado lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2006
- Length
- 3:35
Una copla me ha cantado
A couplet has sung to me
La prenda que quiero yo
The garment that I desire
Con esa copla, a cuchillo
With that couplet, like a knife
Me ha desangrado la voz
My voice has bled out
Me ha desangrado la voz
My voice has bled out
Pensará que yo no entiendo
She'll think that I don't understand
Lo que en su copla cantó
What in her couplet she sang
Desde su primera nota
From its very first note
Se me acostó en la razón
It lay down in my reason
Se me acostó en la razón
It lay down in my reason
"¿Cuál será?" Dirán ustedes
Which one will it be?
La copla que me cantó
The verse that sang to me
Es igual que el estampido
It's just like the bang
Que mata sin son ni ton
That kills without sound or tone
Que mata sin son ni ton
That kills without rhythm or tune
Que mata sin son ni ton
That kills without rhythm or tune
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Key vocabulary
- esa
- thatA1
- quiero
- wantA1
- desde
- fromA2
- primera
- firstA2
- desangrado
- bleeding out
- cantó
- sangC2
- nota
- noteA2
- cuchillo
- knifeB1
- copla
- stanzaC2
- ha
- hasA2
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.