Cucurrucucu Paloma

Caetano Veloso
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Dicen que por las noches

They say that at night

No más se le iba en puro llorar

He did nothing but cry

Dicen que no comía

They say he didn't eat

No más se le iba en puro tomar

He did nothing but drink


Juran que el mismo cielo

They swear that the same sky

Se extremecía al oír su llanto

Trembled upon hearing his cry

Cómo sufría por ella

How he suffered for her

Que hasta en su muerte la fue llamando

That even in his death, he called her


Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Cantaba

He sang

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Gemía

He moaned

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Cantaba

He sang

De pasión mortal moría

He died of mortal passion


Que una paloma triste

That a sad dove

Muy de mañana le va a cantar

Early in the morning comes to sing

A la casita sola

To the little lonely house

Con sus puertitas de par en par

With its doors wide open


Juran que esa paloma

They swear that this dove

No es otra cosa más que su alma

Is nothing more than his soul

Que todavía la espera

That still waits for her

A que regrese la desdichada

For the wretched one to return


Cucurrucucu

Coo, coo, coo

Paloma

Dove

Cucurrucucu

Coo, coo, coo

No llores

Don't cry

Las piedras jamás

Stones will never

Paloma

Dove

¿Qué van a saber de amores?

Understand about love

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Montevideo, Uruguay February 17, 2025
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