Ay, mi palomita
La que yo adore
Le crecieran alas
Y volo y se fue!

Ella no comia
Ni frijolas ni arroz
Y se mantenia
Con solo mi amor.

Me sente en un tronco
A verla pasar.
Y como no pasaba,
Me eche a llorar.

Oh, my little dove
Whom I adored,
Who grew wings
And flew away

She did not eat
Either beans or rice
And she lived only
On my love.

I sat upon a tree trunk
To see her pass by.
When she did not pass
I burst into tears.