Cucurrucucu Paloma

Originally a Mexican Huapango song by Tomás Méndez; this version by Caetano Veloso. Performed by Laura Emiko Soltis.

Dicen que por las noches
no más se le iba en puro llorar;
dicen que no comía,
no más se le iba en puro tomar.
Juran que el mismo cielo
se estremecía al oír su llanto,
cómo sufrió por ella,
y hasta en su muerte la fue llamando:

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay cantaba,
ay, ay, ay, ay, ay gemía,
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay cantaba,
de pasión mortal moría.

Que una paloma triste
muy de mañana le va a cantar
a la casita sola
con sus puertitas de par en par;
juran que esa paloma
no es otra cosa más que su alma,
que todavía espera a que regrese la desdichada.

Cucurrucucú paloma,
cucurrucucú no llores.
Las piedras jamás, paloma,
¿qué van a saber de amores?


Coo Coo Dove,
English Translation

They say that every night
he was wholly overtaken by tears;
They say he never ate, but only drank.

They swear that even the heavens
trembled to hear his wail,
he suffered for her so,
that even in death, he never stopped calling for her:

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, he sang,
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, he howled,
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, he sang,
tormented by a fatal passion.

They say that in early morning
a sad dove sings to the little empty house
with its wide open little doors.
They swear that the dove
is none other than his spirit,
hoping still for the return
of the ill-fated woman

Coo... coo... Dove,
Coo... coo... dont weep.
What will these stones ever know, little dove,
of love?

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Music

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• Cucurrucucu
• Paloma

[garythbarnes]

Lyrics in english?

[lsoltis]

They say that at night all he could do was cry all the time they say he would´t eat all he could do was drink they swear that heaven itself would tremble hearing his sobs He suffered so much for her that even at his death he was calling her ay... he cried ay... he sobbed ay...he sang from a mortal passion, he died

[lsoltis]

(They say) that a sad dove early in the morning goes to sing at the lonely little house with it´s doors swinging open They swear that the dove is nothing else than the man's soul still waiting for her return Cucucrrucucu...don´t cry stones will never know, dove anything about love cucurrucucu... dove, don´t you cry

[jackndb3anstalk]

are you a filipino?



[lsoltis]

@jackndb3anstalk Nope, Japanese/Czech :D

[SandiaChicaMexicana]

tiene una voz hermosa, me encanta esta canción.

¿Eres mexicano? o en español? :)

[lsoltis]

@SandiaChicaMexicana Gracias por su comentario. Soy media japonesa :)

[jackndb3anstalk]

@lsoltis i like how you sang it very much

[jackndb3anstalk]

@lsoltis ooh you look asian i mean south east asian

[mariifo]

cantas tu y la toco yo !!!!!! graciassss

[Bradbury12345]

i'm amazed, what a beautiful voice

[83266alonso]

Me encanto! <3