Paroles et traduction Violeta Parra - El palomo chapecao

El palomo chapecao

Yo críe un palomo, caramba, sólo para mi recreo.
Yo críe un palomo, caramba, sólo para mi recreo.
Me paso llorando, caramba, cuando no lo veo.
Me paso llorando, caramba, cuando no lo veo.
Ay, palomo.
Tanto que lo amé.
Dejandome sola, caramba, se voló y se fue.
Dejandome sola, caramba, se voló y se fue.

Él no come trigo, caramba, ni tampoco arroz.
Él no come trigo, caramba, ni tampoco arroz.
Sólo se mantiene, caramba, con mi fino amor.
Sólo se mantiene, caramba, con mi fino amor.
Ay, palomo.
Tanto que lo amé.
Dejandome sola, caramba, se voló y se fue.
Dejandome sola, caramba, se voló y se fue.

Me subo al cerrito, caramba, por verlo pasar.
Me subo al cerrito, caramba, por verlo pasar.
Lo tapa una nube, caramba, me pongo a llorar.
Lo tapa una nube, caramba, me pongo a llorar.

Ay, palomo.
Tanto que lo amé.
Dejandome sola, caramba, se voló y se fue.
Dejandome sola, caramba, se voló y se fue.

The Crested Dove

I raised a dove, goodness me, just for my own pleasure.
I raised a dove, goodness me, just for my own pleasure.
I spend my time crying, goodness me, when I don't see him.
I spend my time crying, goodness me, when I don't see him.
Ay, dove.
So much I loved him.
Leaving me alone, goodness me, he flew away and left.
Leaving me alone, goodness me, he flew away and left.

He doesn't eat wheat, goodness me, nor does he eat rice.
He doesn't eat wheat, goodness me, nor does he eat rice.
He only sustains himself, goodness me, with my fine love.
He only sustains himself, goodness me, with my fine love.
Ay, dove.
So much I loved him.
Leaving me alone, goodness me, he flew away and left.
Leaving me alone, goodness me, he flew away and left.

I climb the little hill, goodness me, to watch him pass by.
I climb the little hill, goodness me, to watch him pass by.
A cloud covers him, goodness me, I start to cry.
A cloud covers him, goodness me, I start to cry.

Ay, dove.
So much I loved him.
Leaving me alone, goodness me, he flew away and left.
Leaving me alone, goodness me, he flew away and left.