Lila Downs — Canción Mixteca song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Canción Mixteca" by Lila Downs.

Lyrics

Que lejos estoy del suelo donde he nacido!
Inmensa nostalgia invade mi pensamiento;
Y al ver me tan solo y triste qual hoja al viento
Quisiera llorar, quisiera morir de sentimiento
Oh tierra del sol!, suspiro por verte
Ahora que lejos yo vivo sin luz, sin amor;
Y al verme tan solo y triste cual hoja al viento
Quisiera llorar, quisiera morir de sentimiento

Lyrics translation

How far I am from the ground where I was born!
Immense nostalgia invades my thinking;
And seeing me so lonely and sad qual leaf to the wind
I want to cry, I want to die of feeling
Oh Land of the sun! I sigh to see you
Now that far away I live without light, without love;
And seeing me so lonely and sad like a leaf to the wind
I want to cry, I want to die of feeling