La Llorona
RAPHAEL
The Weeping Woman
You left the temple one day, weeping woman,
when I saw you passing by. (Repeat)
You were wearing a beautiful huipil, weeping woman,
I thought you were the Virgin. (Repeat)
Oh, my weeping woman, weeping woman, weeping woman,
from a lily field.
Oh, my weeping woman,…….,…….,
from a lily field.
He who doesn't know about love, weeping woman,
doesn't know what suffering is. (Repeat)
I don't know what the flowers have, weeping woman,
the flowers from a sacred field.
I don't know what the flowers have, weeping woman,
the flowers from a sacred field.
That when the wind moves them, weeping woman,
it seems like they are crying. (Repeat)
Oh, my weeping woman,……., weeping woman,
take me to the river.
Oh, my weeping woman,…….,…….,
take me to the river.
Cover me with your shawl, weeping woman,
because I'm dying of cold. (Repeat)
I carry two kisses in my soul, weeping woman,
that never leave me.
I carry two kisses in my soul, weeping woman,
that never leave me.
The last one from my mother, weeping woman,
and the first one I gave to you.
The last one from my mother, weeping woman,
and the first one I gave to you.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.