Translation of the song lyrics La Niña - Lila Downs, Rodrigo Duarte

La Niña (original)

Desde temprano la niña reza
Pa’que su dia, no sea tan largo
Y con la luz de madrugada
Hace limpieza de sus encargos
Cierra los ojos pa’no mirarse
En el espejo se va notando
Su trabajo la esta acabando
Esque su santo esta en descanzo
Todos los dias todas las horas
En esa espuma de sus triztesas
Uñas y carne, sudor y fuerzas
Todo su empeño, todos sus sueños
Se van quedando en sus recuerdos
En la memoria de sus ahnelos
Hay melena negra carita triste rosa maria
Buscando vives tus dias y noches una salida
Que un domingo libra este infierno tuyo por tu alegria
Maquiladora solo un recuerdo sera algun dia
Y la cosecha tu propio fruto sera algun dia
Y a la desaparecida le haran justicia
Se hara algun dia
Un dia, un dia…
Hay melena negra carita triste rosa maria
Buscando vives tus dias y noches una salida
Que un domingo libra este infierno tuyo por tu alegria
Que redimidos sean tus patrones, sera algun dia
Y que la humildad se vuelva orgullo sera algun dia
Y que seas igual a los demas sera algun dia
Sera algun dia
Un dia, un dia…

La Niña (translation)

From early the girl prays
So that her day is not so long
And with the light of dawn
She cleans her errands
She closes her eyes to not look at herself
In the mirror she notices herself
Her work is finishing her
It is that her saint of hers is at rest
every day every hour
In that foam of their sadness
Nails and flesh, sweat and strength
All his efforts of her, all his dreams
They stay in your memories
In memory of his wishes
There is black hair, sad face, Rosa Maria
Searching you live your days and nights a way out
That one Sunday free this hell of yours for your joy
Maquiladora only a memory will be one day
And the harvest your own fruit will be one day
And they will do justice to the disappeared
It will be done some day
One day, one day...
There is black hair, sad face, Rosa Maria
Searching you live your days and nights a way out
That one Sunday free this hell of yours for your joy
May your bosses be redeemed, it will be one day
And that humility becomes pride will be one day
And that you are the same as others will be one day
It will be some day
One day, one day...