Cucurrucucu Paloma
Pedro Infante
Lyrics
Translation
Dicen que no comia
They say he didn't eat
No mas se la iba en puro llorar
He only spent his time crying
Dicen que no dormia
They say he didn't sleep
No mas se la iba en puro tomar
He only spent his time drinking
Cuentan que el mismo cielo
They tell that even the sky
Se estremecia al oir su llanto
Trembled upon hearing his cry
Como lloro por ella
How he cried for her
Que hasta en su muerte
That even in his death
La fue llamando
He kept calling her
Ayayayayay lloraba
Ayayayayay he cried
Ayayayay reia
Ayayayay he laughed
Ayayayaya cantaba
Ayayayaya he sang
De pasion mortal moria
He died of mortal passion
Que una paloma triste
That a sad dove
Muy de mañana le iba a cantar
Early in the morning used to sing to him
A su casita sola
To his little house alone
Con sus puertitas de par en par
With its doors wide open
Cuentan que esa paloma
They say that dove
No es otra cosa mas que su alma
Is nothing more than his soul
Que todavia la espera
That still waits for her
A que regrese la desdichada
For the wretched one to return
Cucurrucucu paloma
Cucurrucucu dove
Cucurrucucu no llores
Cucurrucucu don't cry
Las piedras jamas paloma
The stones, oh dove,
Que van a saber de amores
What do they know about love?
Cucurrucucu, cucurrucucu
Cucurrucucu, cucurrucucu
Cucucurrucu
Cucucurrucu
Paloma ya no le llores
Dove, don't cry for him anymore