La Llorona Lyrics in English Natalia Lafourcade

La Llorona wraps one of Mexico’s most haunting legends—the Weeping Woman—into a soulful confession of unstoppable love and sorrow. In Natalia Lafourcade’s version, the narrator speaks to La Llorona as if she were both an ancient spirit and a flesh-and-blood lover. Cemetery flowers that seem to sob, an iron crucifix moved to tears, and pleas to be covered with a warm rebozo paint a vivid scene where life, death, and passion mingle. The song whispers that true love can feel like martyrdom, because even when others try to tear the lovers apart, forgetting is impossible.

Beneath the melancholy, hints of playful pride burst through: “Yo soy como el chile verde… picante pero sabroso.” The singer may be nicknamed Negro, but he is “cariñoso”—tender-hearted—and he owns his fiery flavor. This push-and-pull between grief and spice makes the song feel alive. “La Llorona” ultimately says that love endures beyond the grave; it hurts, it heals, it makes us cry, yet it also keeps us deliciously human.