Chavela Vargas
La Llorona lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Length
- 4:00
No sé qué tienen las flores, llorona
I don't know what the flowers have, my dear
Las flores del campo santo
The flowers from the graveyard
No sé qué tienen las flores, llorona
I don't know what the flowers have, my dear
Las flores del campo santo
The flowers from the graveyard
Que cuando las mueve el viento, llorona
That when the wind moves them, my dear
Parece que están llorando
It seems like they're crying
Que cuando las mueve el viento, llorona
That when the wind moves them, my dear
Parece que están llorando
It seems like they're crying
Ay de mí, llorona
Oh dear me, my dear
Llorona, tú eres mi chunca
My dear, you are my treasure
Ay de mí, llorona
Oh, woe is me, my weeping woman
Llorona, tú eres mi chunca
Weeping woman, you are my heart's desire
Me quitarán de quererte, llorona
They can take away my love for you, my weeping woman
Pero de olvidarte, nunca
But forgetting you, never
Me quitarán de quererte, llorona
They can take away my love for you, my weeping woman
Pero de olvidarte, nunca
But forgetting you, never
A un Santo Cristo de fierro, llorona
To a Holy Christ of iron, my weeping woman
Mis penas le conté yo
My sorrows I told him
A un Santo Cristo de fierro, llorona
To a Holy Christ of iron, my weeping woman
Mis penas le conté yo
My sorrows I told him
Cuáles no serían mis penas, llorona
What my sorrows wouldn't be, crying woman,
Que el Santo Cristo lloró
That the Holy Christ cried.
Cuáles no serían mis penas, llorona
What my sorrows wouldn't be, crying woman,
Que el Santo Cristo lloró
That the Holy Christ cried.
Ay de mí, llorona
Oh, woe is me, crying woman,
Llorona de un campo lirio
Crying woman of a lily field.
Ay de mí, llorona
Oh, woe is me, crying woman,
Llorona de un campo lirio
Crying woman of a lily field.
El que no sabe de amores, llorona
The one who knows nothing of love, crying woman,
No sabe lo que es martirio
Doesn't know what martyrdom is.
El que no sabe de amores, llorona
He who knows nothing of love, oh weeper
No sabe lo que es martirio
Doesn't know what is torment
Dos besos llevo en el alma, llorona
Two kisses I carry in my soul, oh weeper
Que no se apartan de mí
That never leave me
Dos besos llevo en el alma, llorona
Two kisses I carry in my soul, oh weeper
Que no se apartan de mí
That never leave me
El último de mi madre, ay, llorona
The last one from my mother, oh, weeper
Y el primero que te di
And the first one I gave to you
El último de mi madre, ay, llorona
The last one from my mother, oh, weeper
Y el primero que te di
And the first one I gave to you
Ay de mí, llorona
Oh, woe is me, weeping woman
Llorona, llévame al río
Weeping woman, take me to the river
Ay de mí, llorona
Oh, woe is me, weeping woman
Llorona, llévame al río
Weeping woman, take me to the river
Tápame con tu rebozo, llorona
Cover me with your shawl, weeping woman
Porque me muero de frío
Because I'm dying of cold
Tápame con tu rebozo, llorona
Cover me with your shawl, weeping woman
Porque me muero de frío
Because I'm dying of cold
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Key vocabulary
- conté
- I countedB2
- cuáles
- whichA1
- serían
- would be
- lirio
- lily
- sabe
- knowsA1
- amores
- lovesB1
- cuando
- whenB1
- di
- saidB1
- llevo
- I carryB1
- lloró
- criedB1
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About this song
Chavela Vargas was a Costa Rican-born Mexican cancion ranchera singer. She became known for her late-start rise to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s and her influential recordings, later returning to music in the 1990s.