La Cigarra Lyrics in English Natalia Jiménez , Lila Downs
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Cigarra by Natalia Jiménez from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Ya no me cantes cigarra
don't sing to me anymore cicada
Que acabe tu sonsonete
let your singsong end
Que tu canto aquí en el alma
That your song here in the soul
Como un puñal se me mete
Like a dagger it gets into me
Sabiendo que cuando cantas
Knowing that when you sing
Pregonando vas tu muerte
Preaching you go your death
Marinero, marinero
sailor, sailor
Dime si es verdad que sabes
Tell me if it's true that you know
Porque distinguir no puedo
Because I can't distinguish
Si en el fondo de los mares
If at the bottom of the seas
Hay otro color más negro
There is another blacker color
Que el color de mis pesares
that the color of my sorrows
Hay otro color más negro
There is another blacker color
Que el color de mis pesares
that the color of my sorrows
Un palomito al volar
A little dove when flying
Que llevaba el pecho herido
that carried the wounded chest
Ya casi para llorar
almost to cry
Me dijo muy afligido
She told me very sad
Ya me canso de buscar
I'm tired of searching
Un amor correspondido
a reciprocated love
Bajo la sombra de un árbol
Under the shade of a tree
Y al compás de mi guitarra
And to the beat of my guitar
Canto alegre este huapango
I sing this huapango happy
Porque la vida se acaba
because life ends
Yo quiero morir cantando
I want to die singing
Como muere la cigarra
how the cicada dies
Y quiero morir cantando
And I want to die singing
Como muere la cigarra
how the cicada dies
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