Lila Downs
Cucurrucucú paloma lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:50
Uuh-uh
Uuh-uh
Uuh-uh
Uuh-uh
Uuh
Uuh
Uuh
Uuh
Uuh-uuh
Uuh-uuh
Dicen que por las noches
They say that at night
Nomás se le iba en puro llorar
She would just spend it crying
Dicen que no dormía
They say she couldn't sleep
Nomás se le iba en puro tomar
She would just spend it drinking
Juran que el mismo cielo
They swear that the very sky
Se estremecía al oír su llanto
He trembled at the sound of her weeping
Cómo sufrió por ella
How he suffered for her
Que hasta en su muerte la fue llamando
That even in his death he was calling her
Cucurrucucú, cantaba
Cucurrucucú, he sang
Cucurrucucú, gemía
Cucurrucucú, he moaned
Ay, ay, ay, ay, lloraba
Ay, ay, ay, ay, he cried
De pasión mortal moría
He was dying of mortal passion
Aah-aah
Aah-aah
Aah-ah
Aah-ah
Que una paloma triste
That a sad dove
Muy de mañana le iba a cantar
Early in the morning, I was going to sing
A la casita sola
To the little house alone
Con sus puertitas de par en par
With its little doors wide open
Juran que esa paloma
They swear that dove
No es otra cosa más que su alma
Is nothing but her soul
Que todavía la espera
That still waits for her
A que regrese la desdichada
For the unfortunate one to return
Cucurrucucú, cantaba
Cucurrucucú, it sang
Cucurrucucú, no llores
Cucurrucucú, don't cry
Las piedras jamás, paloma
The stones never, oh dove
¿Qué van a saber de amores?
What do they know about love?
Cucurrucucú, cucurrucucú
Cucurrucucú, cucurrucucú
Cucurrucucú, cucurrú, cucurrú
Cucurrucucú, cucurrú, cucurrú
Paloma, Paloma, ya no le llores
Dove, Dove, don't cry for him anymore
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Key vocabulary
- uuh-uh
- uh-huh
- uuh
- ugh
- uuh-uuh
- uh-uh
- nomás
- onlyA2
- iba
- was goingB1
- puro
- pureC1
- llorar
- cryB1
- dormía
- slept
- juran
- swear
- mismo
- sameA1
About this song
Lila Downs is a Mexican-born singer-songwriter and performer. She makes Indigenous Mexican-rooted music that blends North American jazz and Latin American folk, and is known for albums such as Ofrenda and for receiving Grammy and Latin Grammy awards.