
Lila Downs
Paloma negra lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Length
- 4:32
Ya me canso de llorar y no amanecer
I'm already tired of crying and not seeing the dawn
Ya no sé si maldecirte o por ti rezar
I no longer know whether to curse you or pray for you
Tengo miedo de buscarte y de encontrarte
I'm afraid to seek you and to find you
Donde me aseguran tus amigos que te vas
Where your friends assure me that you're leaving
Hay momentos en que quisiera mejor rajarme
There are moments when I wish I could just give up
Pa arrancarme ya los clavos de mi pena
To pull out the nails of my sorrow
Pero mis ojos se mueren sin mirar tus ojos
But my eyes are dying without looking into your eyes
Y mi cariño con la aurora te vuelve a esperar
And my love waits for you again with the dawn
Ya agarraste por tu cuenta la parranda
You've already taken the party on your own
Paloma negra, paloma negra, ¿dónde, dónde andarás?
Black dove, black dove, where, where will you be?
Ya no juegues con mi honra, parrandera
Don't toy with my honor, party girl
Si tus caricias deben ser mías, de nadie más
If your caresses are meant to be mine, and no one else's
Y aunque te amo con locura, ya no vuelvas
And even though I love you madly, don't come back
Paloma negra, eres la reja de un penar
Black dove, you're the bars of a prison
Quiero ser libre, vivir mi vida con quien me quiera
I want to be free, live my life with whoever loves me
Dios, dame fuerzas que estoy muriendo por irla a buscar
God, give me strength, I'm dying to go and find her
Ya agarraste por tu cuenta la parranda
You've taken the party into your own hands
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Key vocabulary
- dónde
- whereA1
- canso
- tiredB1
- cariño
- affectionB1
- llorar
- cryB1
- maldecirte
- curse you
- tengo
- I haveA1
- buscarte
- to look for you
- encontrarte
- find you
- donde
- whereB1
- aseguran
- they ensure
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.