La Higuera

Ya la higuera se secó

The fig tree has already dried up

Ya tiene la raíz de fuera

Its roots are now on the outside

Ya mi prieta no me quiere

My dark-skinned girl no longer loves me

Porque ando en la borrachera

Because I'm lost in drunkenness

Ay qué paredes tan altas

Oh, what high walls

Para mí tan chaparrito

So tall for someone short like me

Quisiera ser albañil

I wish I were a mason

Para bajarlas tantito

To bring them down a bit

Ay qué paredes tan altas

Oh, what high walls

Y que no las tumbe el aire

And may the air not knock them down

Ay que chulas hijas tiene

Oh, how beautiful daughters she has

Para el hijo de mi madre

For the son of my mother

Venderemos toro y vaca

We will sell bull and cow

Venderemos la becerra

We will sell the heifer

Venderemos toditito chiquitita

We will sell everything, little by little

Menos la tierra

Except for the land

Al pasar por un panteón

Passing by a cemetery

Me dijo una calavera

A skull said to me

Ya tengo tu casa lista

I already have your house ready

Para cuando tu te mueras

For when you die

Ya la higuera se secó

The fig tree has already dried up

Ya tiene la raíz de fuera

Its roots are now on the outside

Ya mi prieta no me quiere

My dark-skinned girl no longer loves me

Porque ando en la borrachera

Because I'm lost in drunkenness