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Dove I Want to Tell You

Quilapayún

Paloma Quiero Contarte

Paloma quiero contarte
que estoy solo,
que te quiero.
Que la vida se me acaba
porque te tengo tan lejos,
palomita verte quiero.

Lloro con cada recuerdo
a pesar que me contengo.
Lloro con rabia pa' fuera
pero muy hondo pa' dentro,
palomita verte quiero.

Como tronco de nogal
como la piedra del cerro
el hombre puede ser hombre
cuando camina derecho,
palomita verte quiero.

Cómo quitarme del alma
lo que me dejaron negro,
siempre estar vuelto hacia afuera
para cuidarse por dentro,
palomita verte quiero.

Dove I Want to Tell You

Dove I want to tell you
that I am alone,
that I love you.
That life is ending for me
because I have you so far away,
dove I want to see you.

I cry with every memory
despite trying to hold back.
I cry with anger outward
but very deeply inside,
dove I want to see you.

Like a walnut trunk
like the stone of the hill
a man can be a man
when he walks straight,
dove I want to see you.

How to remove from the soul
what left me black,
always turned outward
to take care of oneself inside,
dove I want to see you.

Escrita por: Victor Jara