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La Llorona, The Weeping Woman

Aiiii aiiii aiiii She is crying for her dead children the lover gone, the lover not yet come: Her grito (cry) splinters the night.

- Gloria Anzaldua, “My Black Angelos,” Borderlands/La Frontera

You can read the legend of La Llorona in this post of mine.

The Tears of La Llorona

Water as dark as her lover’s eyes/ And deep like the pain she tries to hide/ He pledged his love to her and/ Vanished without a trace/ The tears of Llorona glisten on her face/ She walks into the water/ To wash away the pain/ Lifts her head to the sky/ And screams out his name                                                           - Lyrics by Kent Newsome and Robert Clay

You can read the legend of La Llorona in this post of mine.