Lento
Camila Luna Lyrics

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Te abrazo como una brisa
Abraza a los que la respiran
Llevo tu vida
Llevo tu muerte
Tu susurro como caracolas
Y la manera como te mueves
Dulce arbolito de mi corazón

Lento
Lento

Mi mano verde te toca y te da la vida

Mi abuela dice que para que crezca
Hay que tocar las matas

Mi mano marrón, mano de india
Mano de tierra te toca también

Te aguanta para que no salgas volando a Marte
A Marte, a Marte, a Maaaarte

Cantando canciones de cuna
La madre tierra universal

Lleva con ganas
Lleva con gloria

Soy taína primitiva

Flora y fauna
Sangre y tierra
Sol y la Luna jugando al escondite

Lento
Lento
Lento

Mi mano verde te toca y te da la vida

Mi abuela dice que para que crezca
Hay que tocar las matas

Mi mano marrón, mano de india
Mano de tierra te toca también

Te aguanta para que no salgas volando a Marte

A Marte, a Marte, a Marte
A Marte, a Marte, a Marte

Overall Meaning

In Camila Luna's song "Lento," she sings about a connection to nature and the earth. She begins by saying that she embraces her lover like a breeze, and she embraces those who breathe her. Luna then sings about carrying her lover's life and death, and how she feels his whisper like seashells. She describes him as a sweet little tree in her heart, and how she moves with him. The song's title "Lento" means slow in English, and this is repeated throughout the song, emphasizing the need to slow down and appreciate the world around us.

Luna continues by describing herself as a primitive Taina, a reference to the Taíno people, who were indigenous to the Caribbean. She talks about the flora and fauna, blood, and earth, and how the sun and moon play hide and seek. Luna also mentions her grandmother's wisdom about touching the plants to make them grow, and how she uses her indigenous hand, which refers to the brown hand, to touch the plants. Finally, she talks about how she holds her lover back so that he will not fly to Mars, which can be interpreted as a metaphor for holding onto what we love and not being consumed by the distractions of modern life.

Line by Line Meaning

Te abrazo como una brisa
I embrace you gently like a breeze

Abraza a los que la respiran
Embrace those who breathe her

Llevo tu vida
I carry your life with me

Llevo tu muerte
I carry your death with me

Tu susurro como caracolas
Your whisper like seashells

Y la manera como te mueves
And the way you move

Dulce arbolito de mi corazón
Sweet little tree of my heart

Lento
Slowly

Mi mano verde te toca y te da la vida
My green hand touches you and gives you life

Mi abuela dice que para que crezca
My grandmother says that for it to grow

Hay que tocar las matas
You have to touch the plants