Cucurrucucú Paloma Lyrics in English Lila Downs
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cucurrucucú Paloma by Lila Downs from Spanish to English.
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Cucurrucucú paloma
Cucurrucucú pigeon
Dicen que por las noches
They say that at night
No mas se le iba en puro llorar
No more going in pure crying
Dicen que no dormía
They say he didn't sleep
No mas se le iba en puro tomar
No more he was going to take
Juran que el mismo cielo
They swear that the same sky
Se estremecía al oír su llanto
He shuddered to hear his crying
Cómo sufrió por ella
How he suffered for her
Que hasta en su muerte
That even in his death
La fué llamando
He called her
Cucurrucucú,cantaba
Cucurrucucú, sang
Cucurrucucú, gemía
Cucurrucucú, moan
Ay, ay, ay, ay, lloraba
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I cried
De pasión mortal moría
Deadly passion died
Que una paloma triste
That a sad pigeon
Muy de mañana le iba a cantar
Very morning I was going to sing to him
A la casita sola
To the house alone
Con sus puertitas de par en par
With his little puertitas wide
Juran que esa paloma
They swear that pigeon
No es otra cosa mas que su alma
It's nothing but his soul
Que todavía la espera
Who's still waiting for her
A que regrese la desdichada
To return the unhappy
Cucurrucucú, cantaba
Cucurrucucú, sang
Cucurrucucú, no llores
Cucurrucucú, don't cry
Las piedras jamás, paloma
Stones never, pigeon
Qué van a saber de amores
What they're going to know about loves
Cucurrucucú, cucurrucucú
Cucurrucucú, cucurrucucú
Cucurrucucú, cucurrú, cucurrú
Cucurrucucú, cucurrú, cucurrú
Paloma no llores
Pigeon don't cry
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