Lyrics and translation Illapu - Paloma Ausente

Paloma Ausente

Cinco noches que lloro por los caminos
Cinco cartas escritas se llevó el viento
Cinco pañuelos negros son los testigos
De los cinco dolores que llevo dentro
Paloma ausente

Paso lunas enteras mirando el cielo
Con un solo deseo en el pensamiento
Que no descienda herida mi palomita
La que viene fundida a los elementos
Paloma ausente

Dice un papel escrito con tinta verde
Que teniendo paciencia todo se alcanza
Una que bien la tuvo salió bailando
De su jardín al arco de las alianzas
Paloma ausente

Una jaula del aire viene bajando
Con todos sus barrotes de carabinas
Todos los pajarillos vienen trinando
Sin embargo distingo mi golondrina
Paloma ausente
Paloma ausente
Paloma ausente

Absent Dove

Five nights I've been crying on the roads
Five letters written were carried away by the wind
Five black handkerchiefs are the witnesses
Of the five pains I carry within
Absent Dove

I spend entire moons looking at the sky
With only one wish in my thoughts
That my dove won't come down injured
The one that comes fused with the elements
Absent Dove

A paper written in green ink says
That with patience everything can be achieved
One who had it well came out dancing
From her garden to the arch of alliances
Absent Dove

A cage of air is coming down
With all its bars of rifles
All the little birds come chirping
However, I can distinguish my swallow
Absent Dove
Absent Dove
Absent Dove