Lágrimas Negras Lyrics in English Bebo Valdés , Diego el Cigala

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Chorus 1

And although you

You've thrown me into abandonment

And although you

My hopes have died

Instead of cursing you with just resentment

And in my dreams I fill you

And in my dreams I fill you with blessings

I suffer the immense sorrow of your loss

I feel the deep pain of your departure

And I cry without you knowing that my crying

It has black tears

It has black tears like my life

Chorus 2

And although you

You've thrown me into abandonment

And although you

My hopes have died

Instead of cursing you with just resentment

And in my dreams I fill you

And in my dreams I fill you with blessings

I suffer the immense sorrow of your loss

I feel the deep pain of your departure

And I cry without you knowing that my crying

It has black tears

It has black tears like my life

Verse 1

Oh, seeing the Guadalquivir

The gypsy women wash

The children on the shores

Watching the boats pass

Water from the lemon tree

If I caress your face

You have to give me a kiss

Verse 2

There in the Guadalquivir

My gypsy woman washed

Handkerchiefs of white and gold

That I gave you, that I gave you

Water from the lemon tree

If I caress your face

You have to give me a kiss

Outro

You want to leave me

Oh I don't want to suffer anymore

With you I'm leaving, gypsy woman

And even if it costs me my life

With you I'm leaving, gypsy woman

And even if it costs me my life

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SONG MEANING

“Lágrimas Negras” is a timeless bolero where Cuban piano legend Bebo Valdés teams up with Spanish flamenco singer Diego el Cigala to paint a picture of love that hurts yet refuses to hate. The narrator has been abandoned, his dreams have “died,” and his life now drips with lágrimas negras – black tears that symbolize a sorrow so deep it feels endless. Still, instead of cursing the one who left, he blesses her in his dreams, showing the uniquely Latin mix of passion, pride, and poetic forgiveness.

The song then drifts to the banks of the Guadalquivir River, where gypsies wash clothes and children play while ships glide by. These vivid images offer a flash of everyday beauty that contrasts with the singer’s inner gloom. By the end he decides, almost defiantly, to follow his gitana lover “even if it kills” him, proving that true bolero hearts would rather risk everything than live without love. With Valdés’s Afro-Cuban piano riffs and el Cigala’s raspy flamenco wail, “Lágrimas Negras” becomes an emotional bridge between Cuba and Spain, sorrow and celebration, despair and devotion.

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