Susana Baca
Vestida de vida lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Length
- 4:41
Iba de la paz vestida
I was dressed in peace
La guerra la desnudó
The war stripped it bare
La tierra se envejeció
The earth grew old
¡Ay!, que se le va la vida
Oh!, life is slipping away
Iba vestida de vida
I was dressed in life
Poco a poco se enfermó
Little by little it fell ill
Hasta se desertizó
It even became desertified
Quedo así la tierra herida
Thus the wounded earth remains
Le estamos tejiendo un chal
We are weaving a shawl for her
Con hebras que cada uno
With threads that each one
Va tomando de su historia
She is taking from her history
De canto sueño y memoria
Of song, dream, and memory
Le estamos tejiendo un chal
We are weaving her a shawl
Iba de la paz vestida
She was dressed in peace
La guerra la desnudó
War stripped her bare
La tierra se envejeció
The land has aged
¡Ay!, que se le va la vida
Oh!, that her life is slipping away
Iba vestida de vida
She was dressed in life
Poco a poco se enfermó
Little by little she fell ill
Hasta se desertizó
Until she became desertified
Quedo así la tierra herida
The wounded earth remains like this
Vengan a tejer hermanos
Come and weave, brothers
Hay muchísimo que hacer
There's so much to be done
Por la vieja madre tierra
For the old mother earth
Ya no hay tiempo que perder
There’s no time left to waste
Y aquí mi canto es verdad
And here my song is the truth
Vengan a tejer hermanos
Come and weave, brothers
Quede vestida de vida
Let it be dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
Let it be dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
Let it be dressed in the people
Que le entregue su calor
May she be given her warmth
Quede vestida de vida
May she be dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
May she be dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
May she be dressed in the spirit of the people
Que le entregue su calor
May she be given her warmth
Quede vestida de vida
May she be dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
May she be dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
May she be dressed in the spirit of the people
Que le entregue su calor
May she be given her warmth
Quede vestida de vida
May she be dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
I remained dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
I remained dressed in the village
Que le entregue su calor
That I surrendered my warmth
Quede vestida de vida
I remained dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
I remained dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
I remained dressed in the village
Que le entregue su sudor
That I surrendered my sweat
Quede vestida de vida
I remained dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
I remained dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
I remained dressed in the village
Que le entregue su calor
May she be given his warmth
Quede vestida de vida
She remains dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
She remains dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
She remains dressed in the people
Que le entregue su calor
May she be given his warmth
Quede vestida de vida
She remains dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
She remains dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
She remains dressed in the people
Que le entregue su calor
May she be given his warmth
Quede vestida de vida
She remains dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
I remained dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
I remained dressed in the village
Que le entregue su calor
That I gave him my warmth
Quede vestida de vida
I remained dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
I remained dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
I remained dressed in the village
Que le entregue su calor
That I gave him my warmth
Quede vestida de vida
I remained dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
I remained dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
I remained dressed in the village
Que le entregue su calor
That she gives her warmth
Quede vestida de vida
She remains dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
She remains dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
She remains dressed in the people
Que le entregue su calor
That she gives her warmth
Quede vestida de vida
She remains dressed in life
Quede vestida de amor
She remains dressed in love
Quede vestida de pueblo
She remains dressed in the people
Que le entregue su calor
That she gives her warmth
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Key vocabulary
- amor
- loveB1
- tejiendo
- weaving
- hebras
- threads
- tomando
- taking
- vengan
- come
- vieja
- old woman
- aquí
- hereA1
- entregue
- hand over
- cada
- eachB2
- iba
- was goingB1
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.