La Adelita
Los Caballeros
Lyrics
Translation
En lo alto de la abrupta serranía
In the highlands of the rugged mountain range
Acampado se encontraba un regimiento
A regiment was camped
Y una novia que valiente los seguía
And a brave bride followed them
Locamente enamorada del sargento.
Madly in love with the sergeant.
Popular entre la tropa era Adelita
Popular among the troops was Adelita
La mujer que el sargento idolatraba
The woman whom the sergeant idolized
Y además de ser valiente era bonita
And besides being brave, she was beautiful
Y hasta el mismo coronel la respetaba.
And even the colonel respected her.
Y se oía
And it was heard
Que decía
That he said
Aquel que tanto la quería
He who loved her so much
Que si Adelita se fuera con otro
That if Adelita went with another
La seguiría por tierra y por mar
He would follow her by land and by sea
Si por mar en un buque de guerra
If by sea, in a warship
Si por tierra en un tren militar.
If by land, in a military train.
Y si Adelita quisiera ser mi novia
And if Adelita wanted to be my girlfriend
Si Adelita fuera mi mujer
If Adelita were my woman
Le compraría un vestido de seda
I would buy her a silk dress
Para llevarla a bailar al cuartel.
To take her dancing at the barracks.
Una noche en que la escolta regresaba
One night when the escort was returning
Conduciendo entre sus filas al sargento
Leading among its ranks the sergeant
Con la voz de una mujer que sollozaba
With the voice of a woman sobbing
La plegaria se escuchó en el campamento.
The prayer was heard in the camp.
Y se oía
And it was heard
Que decía
That he said
Aquel que tanto la quería
He who loved her so much
Que si Adelita se fuera con otro
That if Adelita went with another
La seguiría por tierra y por mar
He would follow her by land and by sea
Si por mar en un buque de guerra
If by sea, in a warship
Si por tierra en un tren militar.
If by land, in a military train.
Y si acaso yo muero en la campaña
And if by chance I die in the campaign
Y mi cadáver lo van a sepultar
And they are going to bury my body
Adelita por Dios te lo ruego
Adelita, I beg you by God
Que con tus ojos no vengas a llorar.
Don't come to cry with your eyes.