PEPA LOBA Lyrics English Translation by Miriam Rodríguez
She acts tough in the fog when the lights go out
it’s the night that holds her
and folks say there’s a wolf beating quietly in her chest
it doesn’t always stay with her
if they push her, she holds herself up
if they break her, she gets back up
when no one else stays
she keeps her cool
she’s scared of being left alone
they don’t forgive her armor
if they saw her when she’s alone
they’d think she doesn’t cry
But yeah, she does cry
She knows they’ve put a rope around her
That squeezes but doesn’t choke her
If they saw her when she’s alone
They’d think she doesn’t cry
(But yeah, she does cry)
everything she never got to be
for always being told what to do
if she could disappear
she’d leave without looking back and never return
No one would guess
That she could handle it
Being the harmony
of a voice with no words
She searches every corner
For what they tell her she can’t do
To move out of what she’s afraid to lose
if they push her, she holds herself up
if they break her, she gets back up
When no one else stays
She keeps her cool
she’s scared of being left alone
they don’t forgive her armor
if they saw her when she’s alone
they’d think she doesn’t cry
But yeah, she does cry
She knows they’ve put a rope around her
That squeezes but doesn’t choke her
If they saw her when she’s alone
They’d think she doesn’t cry
(But yeah, she does cry)
everything she never got to be
for always being told what to do
if she could disappear
she’d leave without looking back and never return