Tag: Genre: Jazz

“No Habrá Nadie En El Mundo” (There Will Be No One in the World) by Concha Buika, English translation and meaning

“There Will Be No One in the World” Lyrics
Album: Niña de Fuego (Girl of Fire), 2008. Nominated for “Album of the Year” in the 2008 Latin Grammy Awards.
Style: Pop, jazz, tropical music. Song about a heartbreak.
Country: Spain
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

Desde que el agua es libre,
Libre entre manantiales vive.
Jazmines han llora’o y yo no comprendo
Cómo en tus ojos, niña, solo hay desierto.

Since the water was free,
Free among running springs, it lives.
Jasmines have cried and and I don’t understand
How in your eyes, girl, there is only a desert.

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“Maria la Curandera” (Maria the Healer) by Natalia Lafourcade, English translation + meaning

“Maria the Healer” Lyrics
Album: De Todas Las Flores (Of All The Flowers), 2022
Style: Jazzy world music about women healing themselves.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

Cúrate mijita el dolor con nuestra luz del sol
Y los rayos de la luna.
Cúrate mijita el dolor con el sonido del río,
La cascada y la espuma.

Heal your pain, my daughter, with our sunlight
And the moon’s rays.
Heal your pain, my daughter, with the sound of the river,
The waterfall, and the foam.

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“Sueño Con Ella” (I Dream of Her) by Concha Buika, English translation

“I Dream of Her”
Album: In My Skin (In My Skin), 2011; La Noche Más Larga (The Longest Night), 2013
Style: Piano jazz, dreaming and reminiscing about a lost relationship.
Country: Spain
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

Frente a las olas del mar y bajo las estrellas,
Yo… sueño con ella, yo sueño con ella.
(x4)

Before the waves of the sea and below the stars,
I… dream of her, I dream of her.
(x4)

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“El Libro” by La Oreja de Van Gogh, English translation

“The Book” Lyrics
Album: Dile al Sol (Tell the Sun)
Style: Jazzy
Country: Spain
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Qué distinto parece el mundo al girar,
Si sonríes sentada en cualquier bar,
Conversando sobre la eternidad.

How different the world looks as it spins,
If you smile sitting in any bar,
Speaking about eternity.

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