La Llorona

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Background[]

"La Llorona" is an original MAIKA song. It is based off of an old Latino legend of Malinche, an Aztec woman who bore twin boys to Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés. He refuses to return to Spain despite the King and Queen's orders, and in fear of his turning against them, they send a beautiful woman to seduce him into returning to Spain. He agrees, planning to take his sons with him and leave La Malinche behind.

La Malinche hears this and falls into despair, realizing that she had a role in helping Cortés massacre her people. Trying to save Mexico, she prays to her gods to find an answer. They tell her that if she lets Cortés take her sons, one of them will come back and destroy her people.

The night before Cortés leaves for Spain, she escapes with her sons. But his men notice her absence and set out to chase her. They reach a lake that is found by Mexico City, and the soldiers surround Malinche. But before they capture her, she takes out a dagger and stabs her sons in the chest, letting their bodies fall into the river. However, she is quickly overcome by grief; murdering her children being the last thing she ever wanted to do. Just as she dropped their bodies into the water, she cried, "Oh, hijos mios." (Oh, my children.)

La Malinche dies about nine years later, and up to the time of her death, she is seen and heard near the lake, crying for her children. This is where the name, "La Llorona" (The Crying Woman), is derived from, and how the legend came to be.

(More on Wikipedia)

The song is featured in the album, Assorted Vocanuts.

Lyrics[]

Singer + Color
GUMI	MAIKA
OLIVER	GUMI & OLIVER

Lyrics of La Llorona

Her screams
Lights up the night
Her face
Fills you with fright
And still
With all her might
She yearns
To make things right
For them
They lost their lives
She warned
Them of the dive
She prayed
That one survived
Yet none
Of them arrived
They're gone
They're gone
She yells
So on
So on
Church bells
Of tears and salt
She smells
There are no last
Farewells
Farewells
La Llorona
¿Qué pasó?
¿Por qué lloras
mi Amor?
¿Y los niños
dónde están?
En el río
Duermen ya.
She walks
Hands dripping wet
She looks
Really upset
She was
Never a threat
Yet no one
Will forget
For them
They've lost their lives
She warned
Them of the dive
She prayed
That one survived
Yet none
Of them arrived
They're gone
They're gone
She knows
Yet from
Their graves
They rose
Her insanity grows
Just as the river
Flows and Flows
La Llorona
¿Qué pasó?
¿Por qué lloras
mi Amor?
¿Y los niños
dónde están?
En el río
Duermen ya...
They're gone
They're gone
She digs
I slaughtered them
Like pigs
I drowned
My f▬cking kids
Their necks
Their necks
They cracked
Like twigs
They're gone
They're gone
She cries
Her eyes cast to
The sky
She never said goodbye
And now's her turn
To die
La Llorona
¿Qué pasó?
Se te fueron
Tus hijos
¿Cómo va la
excavación?
Para ti no hay
Salvación

Derivatives[]

CYBER DIVA, BIG AL and Luka's cover

Featuring	CYBER DIVA, BIG AL, Megurine Luka V4X
Categories	VOCALOID cover

Clara and MAIKA's Spanish cover

Featuring	Clara, MAIKA
Producers	Luis Basilio (cover, lyrics), various (illust)
Categories	VOCALOID cover

CookiePugGirl's cover

Producers	CookiePugGirl
Categories	Human cover

External links[]

Unofficial[]

VOCALOID Lyrics Wiki