Hasta La Raíz Lyrics in English by Natalia Lafourcade

Raíz literally translates to "root", as in the root of a plant. While it's a common word, it's the central metaphor of this beautiful song about identity and belonging.

Natalia Lafourcade sings "Yo te llevo dentro, hasta la raíz" (I carry you inside, down to the root). She uses this powerful image to describe a connection to her origins that is so deep and fundamental that it's part of her very core. It's an unbreakable bond that nourishes her no matter how far she goes or what she experiences.

Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade turns memory into an actual physical anchor in "Hasta La Raíz" (Down to the Root). She tracks a trek across wild terrain, crossing rivers, walking through jungles, and pulling thorns from deep inside her chest. The imagery is rich with personal rituals: she burns sacred smoke (humo sagrado) to clear out old memories and watches for an image of someone in the cruel shape of a storm cloud (una nube gris). It is an honest look at how you can leave a place or a person behind without ever really losing their imprint on you.

The real punch arrives with the chorus: "Yo te llevo dentro, hasta la raíz" (I carry you inside, down to the root). She tells her rayo de luna (moonbeam) that no matter how much she grows, or how far she runs into sugar cane fields (un campo lleno de caña) behind a mountain, that presence stays stitched into her. She calls every second of uncertainty "la clave exacta de este tejido que ando cargando bajo la piel" (the exact key to this fabric that I carry under my skin). It is a gorgeous reminder that your roots grow with you, wherever you wander.