Jan
30
Lyrics for “La mujer”
A few of you emailed me asking for the lyrics to “La mujer,” the closing music at the end of podcast #53. The song was written and is sung by Kharisma Montes de la Oca.
I’m usually a stickler about promoting grammatically correct Spanish. But I liked Kharisma’s voice so I went ahead and put this song in the podcast even though I knew that parts of it were grammatically incorrect. I don’t know why the Spanish lyrics are the way they are. I guess it is the artist’s prerogative.
In any case, here are the lyrics. The errors are crossed out, like this, while the correct Spanish is in blue italics.
La mujer
Yo nací de la tierra sin madre o padre [sin madre ni padre]
Caminando el mundo buscando a ti [buscándote]
Tu caí [Te caiste] del cielo un ángel sin pena
Tus ojos cerrados, parando enfrente de mí. [Parándote enfrente de mí con los ojos cerrados]
Tus manos abiertos, llorando enfrente de mi. [Llorando enfrente de mí con las manos abiertas]
Yo nací de la tierra sin madre o padre. [sin madre ni padre]
Tú caí [Te caiste] del cielo buscando a mi.
Yo siempre sabi que tú me quería [Yo siempre sabía que me querías]
Pero ya es muy claro
Que no soy la mujer para ti.
Porque soy del [de la] tierra y el cielo no es para mí.
Yo estaba buscando todo [toda] mi vida
Un alma pérdida que siempre sentí
Yo siempre sabí que tú me quiera [sabía que me querías]
Pero ya es muy claro
Que no soy la mujer para ti.
Porque soy del [de la] tierra y el cielo no es para mí
Entonces voy a volver a la tierra donde yo nací.

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Thanks!
Its a nice song, but i was a bit confused because of the grammatical errors! Thanks for pointing them out.
Maybe it’s because the singer is not a native speaker. Some people who grow up with a spanish parent, but don’t take spanish classes are a bit more sloppy with their grammar.
Hi Jay,
Yes, you’re right. A long time ago I had asked Kharisma to do an interview with me in Spanish for this blog’s podcast and she told me that she wasn’t a native Spanish speaker. I think her father is Mexican but she was born and raised in the U.S.