La Iguana - Lila Downs Übersetzung ins Englische

La Iguana

Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera
(Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera)
Del porrazo que llevó se lastimó las caderas
(Del porrazo que llevó se lastimó las caderas)

Ay iguana mia para dónde vas
Que voy para el pueblo de soledad
Si será mentira o será verdad que en ese pueblo
No hay novedad que si lo hubiera es casualidad...
Si será tan fea, que iguana tan fea
Que se sube a un palo
Y luego se apea
Pone su huevito, lo cacaraquea
Se mete al hoyito, pa' que no la vean
Se mira en el espejo
Porque está muy fea
Haga usté lo mismo para que lo crea
A la jea jea a la jea jea
Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera

Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate
(Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate)
Del porrazo que llevó se reventó los tomates
(Del porrazo que llevó se reventó los tomates)

Ay iguana mía para dónde vas
Que voy para el pueblo de soledad
Si será mentira o será verdad
Que en ese puebo no hay novedad
Que si lo hubiera es casualidad...
Si será tan fea, que iguana tan fea
Que se sube a un palo, y luego se apea
Pone su huevito, lo cacaraquéa

Se mete al hoyito pa' que no la vean
Saca la patita, como que patea
Saca la colita, como que colea
Saca las uñitas, como que piuñea
Saca las narices, como narisea
Saca la cabeza, como cabesea
Saca la orejita, como que orejea
A la jea jea a la jea jea
Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate

The Iguana

Once iguana fell from up a ladder
(An iguana fell from up a ladder)
From the blow it took it hurt its hips
(From the blow it took it hurt its hips)

My dear iguana, where are you going?
I’m going to the town of loneliness
If it’s a lie or it’s true that in that town
There’s no news, or if there were it would be coincidence...
If it’s so ugly, that ugly iguana
That climbs up a stick
And then jumps down
Lays her egg, cackles about it
Gets into her hole, so they won’t see her
Looks at herself in the mirror
Because she’s so ugly
Do the same so you’ll believe it
The hee hee, the hee hee
One iguana fell from up a ladder

One iguana fell from the branch of a fig tree
(One iguana fell from the branch of a fig tree)
From the blow it took it burst its tomatoes
(From the blow it took it burst its tomatoes)

My dear iguana, where are you going?
I’m going to the town of loneliness
If it’s a lie or it’s true
That in that town there’s no news
Or if there were it would be coincidence...
If it’s so ugly, that ugly iguana
That climbs up a stick, and then jumps down
Lays her egg, cackles about it

Gets into her hole, so they won’t see her
Puts out her little foot, as if she were kicking
Puts out her little tail, as if she were wagging it
Puts out her little nails, as if she were scratching
Puts out her little nose, as if she were sniffing
Puts out her little head, as if she were nodding
Puts out her little ear, as if she were listening
The hee hee, the hee hee
One iguana fell from the branch of a fig tree