La Llorona (Weeping Woman) Songtext

von Tish Hinojosa

You were leaving the temple one day, Llorona
As I passed I saw you

You were leaving the temple one day, Llorona
As I passed I saw you

A beautiful shawl you wore, Llorona
That I believed you to be the Virgin

A beautiful shawl you wore, Llorona
That I believed you to be the Virgin

I know not what flowers hold
Those flowers from the graveyard

I know not what flowers hold
Those flowers from the graveyard

That when the wind moves them, Llorona
It looks as though they weep

That when the wind moves them, Llorona
It looks as though they weep

Two kisses that I carry on my brow, Llorona
They may never leave me

Two kisses that I carry on my brow, Llorona
They may never leave me

The last one from my mother, Llorona
And the first one that I gave you

The last one from my mother, Llorona
And the first one that I gave you

I know not what flowers hold
Those flowers from the graveyard

I know not what flowers hold
Those flowers from the graveyard

That when the wind moves them, Llorona
It looks as though they weep

That when the wind moves them, Llorona
It looks as though they weep

Ay, my Llorona
From the Lily field
Ay, my Llorona
Take me to the river

Cover me with your shawl, Llorona
Because I'll die from this cold

Cover me with your shawl, Llorona
Because I'll die from this cold

Ay-ya-ya-ya-ya