La raíz de mi tierra [English translation]

I'm looking for where I come from

because I've become lost,

I'm looking for where I come from

this is my place of origin1.

What will become of me if you're not there,

I come like a dream, that I always believed in...

if I don't have you here, so close2 to me

so you can envelope me and I can go on.

I want to be there

if the island sleeps,

I want to see the waves

when the sea awakens

and carry your air

inside of my blood.

To give myself time

in the rhythm and depth

a voice filled with hunger

and emotion.

I bring you this night,

the origin of my homeland

I bring you verses,

three people that dream,

I give you the aroma and taste of my homeland.

I give you time in the rhythm and depth

a voice filled with hunger and emotion.

I bring you this night,

my place of origin

I bring you verses,

three people that dream,

I give you the aroma and taste of my homeland

I bring my origin.

I'm looking for where I come from

because I've become lost,

I'm looking for where I come from

this is my place of origin.

Why did you get lost, child

if your home is here,

here is your people and (your) life

from your navel3, your origin.

Here is your people and life

from your navel, your origin.

Curious4, I left far away

curious to seek the truth,

first I lost my way

today I set out again

first I lost my way

today I set out again.

Now I can sing to the one who gave birth to me

I don't feel invisible anymore,

I can be who I am.

I'm looking for where I come from

because I've become lost,

I'm looking for where I come from

this is my place of origin.

I'm a part of you

I carry you in my blood,

If I ever left

it was so I can miss you,

I always return to you

I can't deny you,

you, the hidden part of me

I, the part that moves forward.

When my time comes

I want to return into your womb,

I will become a new seed

filled with urgent dreams

I will become a new seed

filled with urgent dreams.

I'm looking for where I come from

because I've become lost,

I'm looking for where I come from

this is my place of origin.

I bring you this night,

the origin of my homeland

I bring you verses,

three people that dream,

I give you the aroma and taste of my homeland

I bring my origin.

1. lit. 'root'.2. cerquita is a diminutive for 'cerca' (close/near).3. either to mean the umbilical cord or that this is the center of it all.4. lit. 'hungry'.

• Artist:Lila Downs