Susana Baca
Viento del olvido lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Length
- 4:23
Como a todas las muchachas del mundo
Like all the girls in the world
También a ella
Also her
Inventáronla con sus sueños
They invented her with their dreams
Los hombres que la amaban
The men who loved her
Y yo la amaba
And I loved her
Y yo la amaba
And I loved her
Pudo ser para otros un rostro
She could have been for others a face
Que el viento del olvido
That the wind of forgetfulness
Borra a cada instante
Erases every moment
Pudo ser
She could have been
Pero yo la amaba
But I loved her
Yo veía las cosas más sencillas
I saw the simplest things
Volverse misteriosas
Become mysterious
Cuando ella las tocaba
When she touched them
Las estrellas de la noche
The stars of the night
¿Quién, sino ella, las sembraba?
Who, if not her, planted them?
Los días de esmeraldas
The days of emeralds
Los pájaros tranquilos
The tranquil birds
Los rocíos azules
The blue dewdrops
Ella los creaba
She created them
Yo me emocionaba
I would get so emotional
Con solo verla
Just by seeing her
Pisar la yerba
Step on the grass
Ay, si tus ojos me miraran todavía
Oh, if your eyes looked at me still
Ay, si tus ojos me miraran todavía
Oh, if your eyes looked at me still
Ay, si tus ojos me miraran todavía
Oh, if your eyes looked at me still
Todavía
Still
Todavía
Still
Ella, tan solo ella, ella, ella
She, just her, she, she
Los creaba
They created them
Ella
She
Ella
She
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Key vocabulary
- muchachas
- girls
- mundo
- worldA2
- como
- as; like; howB1
- sueños
- dreamsA2
- todas
- all (fem.)A2
- otros
- othersA2
- rostro
- faceC2
- borra
- erase
- cada
- eachB2
- cosas
- thingsA1
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.