La Llorona [Parte I] [English translation]

What's guilt and what's not, weeping woman

Everything is guilt to me,

What's guilt and what's not, weeping woman

Everything is guilt to me.

Yesterday I agonized to see you, weeping woman

And today I'm tormented because I saw you,

Yesterday I agonized to see you, weeping woman

And today I'm tormented because I saw you.

Oh! my weeping woman,

My weeping woman take me to see...

Oh! my weeping woman,

My weeping woman take me to see...

Where love is forgotten, my weeping woman

And where suffering begins,

Where love is forgotten, my weeping woman

And where suffering begins.

Lift your eyes and see, my weeping woman

Over to the dark mansion,

Lift your eyes and see, my weeping woman

Over to the dark mansion.

A shining star, my weeping woman

And sadly it sighs,

It's Venus who sets, my weeping woman

Jealous of your beauty.

Oh! my weeping woman,

Make up your mind1, weeping woman

Oh! my weeping woman,

Make up your mind, weeping woman

The light that illuminated me, weeping woman

Left me in the darkness,

The light that illuminated me, weeping woman

Left me in the darkness.

They say that your first love, oh! weeping woman

Is grander and true,

They say that your first love, oh! weeping woman

Is grander and true.

But the last is the best, oh! weeping woman

And greater than the first,

But the last is the best, oh! weeping woman

And greater than the first.

Oh! my weeping woman,

Give me a star, weeping woman

Oh! my weeping woman, weeping woman,

Give me a star, weeping woman

I don't care what they tell me, weeping woman

That you're no longer a young maiden,

I don't care what they tell me, weeping woman

That you're no longer a young maiden.

The bells clearly say it, weeping woman

Their handbells are singing,

The bells clearly say it, weeping woman

Their handbells are singing.

If you die, I'll die with you; weeping woman

If you live, I'll still love you.

It's true what I tell you, weeping woman

You can proclaim it to the public.

Oh, my weeping woman,

Weeping woman from the high summit,

Oh, my weeping, weeping woman,

Weeping woman from the high summit,

I'm like the mule drivers, weeping woman

Arriving and making fire,

I'm like the mule drivers, weeping woman

Arriving and making fire.

Don't cry for me when I die, weeping woman

Nor when you see me where I lay,

Don't cry for me when I die, weeping woman

Nor when you see me where I lay.

Cry if you love me, weeping woman

Now that I'm still alive,

Cry if you love me, weeping woman

Now that I'm still alive.

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman I ask of you...

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman I ask of you...

That the brocade of your huipil, weeping woman

Cover me when I die,

That the brocade of your huipil, weeping woman

Cover me when I die.

Your braids are spiteful, oh! weeping woman

Not because they're black or silky,

Your braids are spiteful, oh! weeping woman

Not because they're black or silky.

But because they are joyous, weeping woman

When they circle about your chest,

But because they are joyous, weeping woman

When they circle about your chest.

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman of daydreams

Oh my weeping, weeping woman

Queen of my daydreams.

Between your two beautiful braids,

My heart remains,

Between your two beautiful braids,

My heart remains.

When you went in through the church, weeping woman

I noticed the priest,

When you went in through the church, weeping woman

I noticed the priest.

He dropped his guard, weeping woman

Because he trembled with love,

He dropped his guard, weeping woman

Because he trembled with love.

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman of delirious blue,

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman of delirious blue.

Whoever doesn't know of love, weeping woman

Doesn't know what martyrdom is,

Whoever doesn't know of love, weeping woman

Doesn't know what martyrdom is.

The priest told me, weeping woman

To forget and not to love you,

The priest told me, weeping woman

To forget and not to love you.

I sighed and told him, weeping woman:

"Oh father, if only you could see her"

I sighed and told him, weeping woman:

"Oh father, if only you could see her".

Oh! my weeping woman

Weeping woman of celestial blue,

Oh! my weeping woman

Weeping woman of celestial blue.

Even if it costs me my life, weeping woman

I'll never stop loving you,

Even if it costs me my life, weeping woman

I'll never stop loving you.

It's not so strange that the waves, weeping woman

Bring thousands of pearls;

It's not so strange that the waves, weeping woman

Bring thousands of pearls;

By the edges of the sea, oh! weeping woman

I saw you crying yesterday afternoon,

By the edges of the sea, oh! weeping woman

I saw you crying yesterday afternoon.

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman, from time to time,

Oh! my weeping woman,

Weeping woman, from time to time.

Until the sea dries up, oh! weeping woman

I'll never bathe again,

Until the sea dries up, oh! weeping woman

I'll never bathe again.

I know you're going to get married, oh! weeping woman

May God be with you, and so will I,

I know you're going to get married, oh! weeping woman

May God be with you, and so will I.

But during my absence, weeping woman

Don't drink the water from the river,

Nor should you leave your love waiting, weeping woman

Like you left mine.

Oh! my weeping woman

Weeping woman, take me to the river

Oh! my weeping woman

Weeping woman, take me to the river.

So I can see if its waters will join, weeping woman

Your heart with mine,

So I can see if its waters will join, weeping woman

Your heart with mine.

1. Que si, que no: Yes (we're thinking the same thing), no (you're wrong).

• Artist:Óscar Chávez