Vicente Fernández
Cielito Lindo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Genre
- Regional Mexican
- Length
- 4:00
De la sierra morena
From the dark sierra
Cielito lindo vienen bajando
Pretty sweetheart, they're coming down
Un par de ojitos negros
A pair of little black eyes
Cielito lindo de contrabando
Pretty sweetheart, smuggled in
Ese lunar que tienes cielito lindo
That beauty mark you have, pretty sweetheart
Junto a la boca
Next to your mouth
No se lo des a nadie
Don't give it to anyone
Cielito lindo, que a mi me toca
Pretty sweetheart, it's my turn now
Ay, ay, ay, ay canta y no llores
Oh, oh, oh, oh, sing and don't cry
Porque cantando se alegran
Because singing brings joy
Cielito lindo los corazones
Pretty little sky, the hearts
Ay, ay, ay, ay canta y no llores
Oh, oh, oh, oh, sing and don't cry
Porque cantando se alegran
Because singing brings joy
Cielito lindo los corazones
Pretty little sky, the hearts
Yo a las morenas quiero
I love the dark-haired ones
Desde que supe
Ever since I found out
Que morena es la virgen cielito lindo
That the dark-haired one is the virgin, pretty little sky
De Guadalupe ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
Of Guadalupe, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Es bien sabido
It's well known
Que el amor de morenas cielito lindo, nunca es fingido
That the love of dark-haired ones, pretty little sky, is never feigned
Ay, ay, ay, ay
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Ay, ay, ay, ay canta y no llores
Oh, oh, oh, oh sing and don’t cry
Porque cantando se alegran
Because singing brings joy
Cielito lindo los corazones
Sweet beautiful one, to the hearts
Ay, ay, ay, ay canta y no llores
Oh, oh, oh, oh sing and don’t cry
Porque cantando se alegran
Because singing brings joy
Cielito lindo los corazones
Sweet beautiful one, to the hearts
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Key vocabulary
- llores
- criesB1
- morena
- brunetteB1
- morenas
- brunettesB1
- porque
- because; for the reason thatB1
- supe
- knewB1
- toca
- touchB1
- cielito
- little sky
- lindo
- prettyA1
- vienen
- they come
- bajando
- descending
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About this song
Vicente Fernández was a Mexican ranchera singer born in Jalisco in 1940, known for a decades-long career across radio, television, film, and live concerts. He became a defining voice for the charro tradition and for emotionally direct interpretations of heartbreak songs.