Paloma Negra Lyrics in English Vicente Fernández

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Paloma Negra by Vicente Fernández from Spanish to English.

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I'm already tired of crying

And dawn doesn't break

I don't know anymore if I should curse you

Or pray for you

I'm afraid to look for you

And to find you

Where they assure me

My friends that you're leaving

There are moments when I wish

I'd rather give up

To yank the nails out of me now

Of my suffering

But my eyes are dying

Without seeing your eyes

And my love is dying

For going to look for you

You've already taken

On your own the partying

Black dove, black dove

Where, where will you be?

Don't play with my partying honor anymore

If your caresses are to be mine, nobody else's

Even though I love you madly, don't come back anymore

Black dove, you're the bars of a jail

I want to be free, to live my life with someone who loves me

God, give me strength that I'm dying to go look for her

You've already taken on your own

The partying

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SONG MEANING

Paloma Negra is Vicente Fernández’s heartfelt cry of both love and frustration. He pictures his runaway lover as a black dove who has flown off to parties and wild nights, leaving him sleepless and soaked in tears. Torn between cursing her name and praying for her safety, the singer wrestles with the urge to track her down yet fears the pain of catching her in someone else’s arms.

The song swings between two fierce emotions: obsession and the hunger to be free. One moment he swears he will rip out the “nails” of his sorrow and move on, the next his eyes are dying to see hers again. Calling her the “bars of a prison,” he begs for strength to live his life with someone who truly loves him, while confessing he is still passing away inside for wanting her back. The result is a dramatic ranchera anthem that captures the raw push-and-pull of heartbreak, pride, and undying passion.

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