Susana Baca
Zaña lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 4:50
Yo te he visto persignar
I have seen you make the sign of the cross
Mis ojos fueron testigos
My eyes were witnesses
Mis ojos fueron testigos
My eyes were witnesses
Quién te pudiera besar
Who could kiss you
Donde dices "enemigos"
Where you say 'enemies'
Donde dices "enemigos"
Where you say 'enemies'
Dime de dónde vienes a esta hora
Tell me where you're coming from at this hour
Vengo de la pampa de segar totora
I come from the plains to cut the bulrush
Ay, de segar totora
Oh, to cut the bulrush
Ay, de segar totora
Oh, to cut the bulrush
¿Qué llevas en el pelo que huele tanto?
What do you have in your hair that smells so good?
Azafrán de Castilla, romero santo
Castilian saffron, holy rosemary
Al lundero le da
It gives to the lunderer
Al lundero le da zaña
It gives to the lunderer a sting
Al lundero le da
It gives to the lunderer
Al lundero le da zaña con ponte
It gives to the lunderer a sting, with you
Al lundero le da
It gives to the lunderer
Al lundero le da
It gives to the lunderer
Al lundero le da
It gives to the lunderer
Al lundero le da zaña, zañita
It gives to the lunderer a sting, little sting
Al lundero le da
To the moonlight, it gives
En vano me andas diciendo
In vain you keep telling me
Que me quieres, que me adoras
That you love me, that you adore me
Que me quieres y me adoras
That you love me and adore me
Si volviendo yo la espalda
If I turn my back
De cualquiera te enamoras
You fall for anyone
De cualquiera te enamoras
You fall for anyone
Cuatro son las pelonas que van a misa
Four bald ones go to mass
La del medio pelo me da mucha risa
The middle one makes me laugh a lot
Ay, me da mucha risa
Oh, it makes me laugh a lot
Ay, me da mucha risa
Oh, it makes me laugh so much
Dime qué sacaría yo con quererte
Tell me, what good would it do me to love you
Hacerme desdichada y hasta la muerte
To make me wretched and even to death
Al lundero le da
The keeper gets it
Al lundero le da zaña
The keeper gets it bad
Al lundero le da
The keeper gets it
Al lundero le da zaña, zañita
The keeper gets it bad, oh so bad
Al lundero le da
The keeper gets it
A San Jorge le rogué
I prayed to Saint George
A la Virgen Magdalena
To the Virgin Magdalena
A la Virgen Magdalena
To the Virgin Magdalene
Que me saquen de esta pena
Please take me away from this sorrow
Y al patriarca San José
And to the patriarch Saint Joseph
Y al patriarca San José
And to the patriarch Saint Joseph
Imilo mine patria ora pro nobis
Imilo mine homeland, pray for us
Secula seculorum misere nobis miseri
Forever and ever, have mercy on us, oh wretched ones
Misere no-, misere no-, misere nobis
Have mercy no-, have mercy no-, have mercy on us
¿Para qué vas y vienes a la botica?
Why do you keep coming and going to the pharmacy?
Si el dolor de cabeza no se te quita
If the headache won't go away for you
Al lundero le da
To the healer it gives
Al lundero le da zaña
To the lundero, it gives annoyance
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da zaña con ponte
To the lundero, it gives annoyance with get ready
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da zaña, zañita
To the lundero, it gives annoyance, little annoyance
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da
To the lundero, it gives
Al lundero le da zaña, zañita
The moon shines, oh little moon
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Key vocabulary
- muerte
- deathB1
- he
- I haveA2
- persignar
- to bless
- van
- goA2
- visto
- seenA2
- ojos
- eyesA1
- jorge
- George
- miseri
- wretched
- risa
- laughterB1
- espalda
- backA2
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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.