La Iguana Lyrics in English The Chieftains , Lila Downs
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Iguana by The Chieftains from Spanish to English.
Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera
An iguana fell from the top of a ladder
Del porrazo que llevó se lastimó las caderas
From the blow it took, it hurt its hips
Ay iguana mia para dónde vas
Oh my iguana, where are you going
Que voy para el pueblo de soledad
I'm going to the town of solitude
Si será mentira o será
Whether it's a lie or truth
Verdad que en ese pueblo
That in that town
No hay novedad que si lo
There's no news, if there
Hubiera es casualidad
Were any, it's by chance
Si será tan fea, que iguana tan fea
If she's so ugly, such an ugly iguana
Que se sube a un palo y luego se apea
That climbs a stick and then gets off
Pone su huevito, lo cacaraquea
Lays her little egg, clucks
Se mete al hoyito, para que no la vean
Gets into the little hole, so they don't see her
Se mira en el espejo porque está muy fea
Looks at herself in the mirror because she's very ugly
Haga usté lo mismo para que lo crea
Do the same so you believe it
A la jea jea a la jea jea
To the jea jea, to the jea jea
Una iguana se cayó de arriba de una escalera
An iguana fell from the top of a ladder
Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate
An iguana fell from the branch of an amate tree
Del porrazo que llevó se reventó los tomates
From the blow it took, it burst its tomatoes
Ay iguana mía para dónde vas
Oh my iguana, where are you going
Que voy para el pueblo de soledad
I'm going to the town of solitude
Si será mentira o será verdad
Whether it's a lie or truth
Que en ese puebo no hay novedad
That in that town there's no news
Que si lo hubiera es casualidad
That if there were any, it's by chance
Si será tan fea, que iguana tan fea
If she's so ugly, such an ugly iguana
Que se sube a un palo, y luego se apea
That climbs a stick, and then gets off
Pone su huevito, lo cacaraquéa
Lays her little egg, clucks
Se mete al hoyito para que no la vean
Gets into the little hole so they don't see her
Saca la patita, como que patea
Sticks out her little leg, as if she's kicking
Saca la colita, como que colea
Sticks out her tail, as if she's wagging
Saca las uñitas, como que piuñea
Sticks out her little claws, as if she's scratching
Saca las narices, como narisea
Sticks out her little noses, as if she's sniffing
Saca la cabeza, como cabesea
Sticks out her head, as if she's nodding
Saca la orejita, como que orejea
Sticks out her little ear, as if she's listening
A la jea jea a la jea jea
To the jea jea, to the jea jea
Una iguana se cayó de la rama de un amate
An iguana fell from the branch of an amate tree
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