Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Paloma Negra by Lupillo Rivera from Spanish to English.
Ya me canso de llorar y no amanece
I'm tired of crying and it doesn't dawn
Ya no sé si maldecirte o por ti rezar
I don't know if I should curse you or pray for you
Tengo miedo de buscarte y de encontrarte
I'm afraid to look for you and find you
Donde me aseguran mis amigos que te vas
Where my friends assure me that you're gone
Hay momentos en que quisiera mejor rajarme
There are moments when I would rather run away
Y arrancarme ya los clavos de mi penar
And rip out the nails of my suffering
Pero mis ojos se mueren sin mirar tus ojos
But my eyes die without looking into your eyes
Y mi cariño con la aurora te vuelve a esperar
And my love waits for you again with the dawn
Ya agarraste por tu cuenta las parrandas
You've already taken the parties on your own
Paloma negra, paloma negra, dónde, dónde andarás
Black dove, black dove, where, where are you?
Ya no juegues con mi honra parrandera
Don't play with my partying honor anymore
Si tus caricias deben ser mías, de nadie más
If your caresses should be mine, and no one else's
Y aunque te amo con locura, ya no vuelvas
And even though I love you madly, don't come back
Paloma negra eres la reja de un penar
Black dove, you are the prison of my suffering
Quiero ser libre, vivir mi vida con quien me quiera
I want to be free, live my life with someone who loves me
Dios dame fuerzas, me estoy muriendo
God give me strength, I'm dying
Dios dame fuerzas, me estoy muriendo por irlo a buscar
God give me strength, I'm dying to go find him
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