La Plañidera
Leonardo Favio
The Mourner
Today again the house dresses in black
The curtains close as a sign of mourning
An old jug has become a vase
It used to hold chicha, now a final goodbye
And the coffee, more bitter than yesterday
They started to drink
And a violin in the other room
Plays sadly this song
The mourner, the mourner
Who sold her tears
The mourner, the mourner
Cries for someone she didn't know
She will leave when dawn breaks
As she arrived, in silence
They pay her, and she cries
That's what the mourners will say
They don't know that the one lying there
Defeated by death
Was the secret lover
Of the beautiful woman who cries
And the coffee, more bitter than yesterday
They started to drink
And a violin in the other room
Plays sadly this song
The mourner, the mourner
Who sold her tears
The mourner, the mourner
Cries for someone she didn't know
A wooden cross, poorly carved
Marks the final resting place
