Tequila Con Limón

Miguel Aceves Mejía
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Traigo musica en el alma,

I carry music in my soul,

Y un cantar aqui en el pecho;

And a song here in my chest;

Un cantar que me desgarra

A song that tears me apart

Cuando lo hecho con amor;

When I sing it with love;

Lo aprendi por esos campos,

I learned it through those fields,

Con heridas de barbecho;

With wounds from fallow land;

Con tajadas de machetes

With cuts from machetes

Y vibrar de guitarron.

And the resonance of the big guitar.


Lo aprendi por el palenque,

I learned it at the cockfight,

Apostando a un gallo fino,

Betting on a fine rooster,

Y me siento suficiente

And I feel sufficient

Pa' cantarlo por aqui;

To sing it around here;

Al orgullo de jalisco,

To the pride of Jalisco,

Lo nombraron mi padrino,

They named him my godfather,

Y no tiene mas ahijados,

And he doesn't have more godchildren,

Porque ya me tiene a mi.

Because he already has me.


Sangre brava y colorada,

Brave and red blood,

Retadora como filo de puñal,

Challenging like the edge of a dagger,

Es la sangre de mi raza,

Is the blood of my race,

Soñadora y cancionera,

Dreamy and songful,

Sangre brava y peleonera,

Brave and belligerent blood,

Valentona y pendenciera

Valiant and quarrelsome

Como penca de nopal.

Like a prickly pear leaf.


A las patas de un caballo,

At the feet of a horse,

Juego siempre mi dinero;

I always bet my money;

Y si algunas veces fallo,

And if sometimes I fail,

Me desquito en un albur.

I make up for it in a gamble.

Traigo siempre a flor de boca,

I always have on the tip of my tongue,

La tonada que mas quiero

The tune I love the most

Y pa' ver a quien le toca,

And to see who it suits,

Y pa hecharla a su salud.

And to raise it to their health.


Y sentir hervir la sangre

And feel the blood boil

Por todito el cuerpo entero

All over the whole body

Pa' gritar "viva jalisco!"

To shout "Long live Jalisco!"

Con el alma y corazón.

With soul and heart.

Que bonito y que bonito

How beautiful and how lovely

El llegar a un merendero

It is to arrive at a gathering place

Y beber en un jarrito

And drink in a little jug

Un tequila con limón.

A tequila with lemon.


Sangre brava y colorada...

Brave and red blood...

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San Salvador, El Salvador August 29, 2024
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