Piel morena [English translation]

It's the magic of your body, or the perfume of your breath.

It's the fire of the stake that holds me prisoner.

The sweet poison of your charms, or the flame that burns me.

It's the honey from your tenderness, those are the reasons that drive me crazy.

I'm nothing without the light of your gaze,

without the echo of your laugh, that enters through my window.

You're the owner of my pillow's warmth,

of my nights of nostalgia,

of my dreams and hopes.

You're brown-skinned1,

a singing of passion and sand.

You're brown-skinned,

a night under the stars.

You're brown-skinned,

beach, sun and palm trees.

You're brown-skinned,

a dream in spring.

Your kisses are the sweet fruit that gets me drunk,

that takes away my sadness, and returns my calm.

I'm a prisoner of your love in the dawn,

of your kisses, your caresses that stay in my soul.

Brown-skinned, you're cumbia, sun and sand.

Brown-skinned, you're my delusion, my doom.

It's magic of your body, the perfume of your breath,

the fire of your stake, those things hold me prisoner.

Oh, God!

Brown-skinned, you're cumbia, sun and sand.

Brown-skinned, you're my delusion, my doom.

It's magic of your body, the perfume of your breath,

the fire of your stake, those things hold me prisoner.

You're brown-skinned,

because I'm only happy by your side.

You're brown-skinned.

I have so many things for you.

You're brown-skinned,

Your stake is burning me slowly.

You're brown-skinned,

you have me prisoner.

1. "Piel morena" can mean brown, black or tanned-skin, because it doesn't refer to a specific race or ethnicity. It refers only to color. That's why you'll find multiple translations for this song.