Lloro :'( Lyrics in English by Big Soto

Cafuné is a beautiful word borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese that has no single-word equivalent in English or even Spanish. It describes the specific, tender act of running your fingers through a loved one's hair.

In this song, the singer dreams of his ex doing this for him, "Donde me haces cafuné" (Where you give me a cafuné). This one word perfectly captures the gentle intimacy he misses, making his loneliness when he wakes up even more poignant.

In "Lloro :'(", Venezuelan artist Big Soto brings a totally honest, late-night confession over a bouncy reggaeton beat. The entire song kicks off with him staring at his phone and fighting the urge to text his ex: "Hay una lágrima que está saliendo / Mientras te estoy pensando / Y el celular tentando" ("A tear is falling / While I'm thinking of you / And my phone is tempting me"). Instead of making excuses or pointing fingers, he bluntly takes the blame for the breakup, admitting, "Sé que te hice daño" ("I know I hurt you") and "El culpable soy yo" ("I am the guilty one"). He even notices she looks better without him ("Tú estás más bonita, se ve que aprendiste" / "You look prettier, it shows that you learned"), making his regret hit even harder.

What makes this track stand out is the cozy, bittersweet imagery mixed in with the tears. Soto daydreams about finding her in his sleep: "Quizás te encuentre en mis sueños / Donde me haces cafuné" ("Maybe I'll find you in my dreams / Where you caress my hair"). Cafuné is a wonderful Portuguese loanword commonly used in South America that specifically means the act of running your fingers tenderly through someone's hair. It is a sweet, tender memory, but the illusion breaks the second he wakes up all alone in bed. He is left with nothing to do but watch the sunset and repeat the hook: "Y ahora lloro, lloro, lloro por ti" ("And now I cry, cry, cry for you").