El Jacalito

Yo tengo mi jacalito

I have my little shack

A la orias de un parral

In the shadow of a grapevine

Para una mujer bonita

For a beautiful woman

Que me quiera acompañar

Who wants to accompany me

Que bonita chaparrita

How beautiful, my shorty

Para que fuera mi amor

So she could be my love

Si por ella me mataran

If they were to kill me for her

No sentiria ni el dolor

I wouldn't feel any pain

Quiereme no seas ingrata

Love me, don't be ungrateful

Mira no me pagues mal

Look, don't repay me with evil

Quierem mientras yo viva

Love me while I live

Que tanto te he de durar

For how long will I endure for you

Que bonita vas creciendo

How beautifully you're growing

Como la mata de arroz

Like the rice plant

Dios te guarde muchos años

May God keep you for many years

Para pasearnos los dos

For us to stroll together

Que bonita vas creciendo

How beautifully you're growing

Como la mata de trigo

Like the wheat plant

Dios te guarde muchos años

May God keep you for many years

Para casarme contigo

To marry you

Al cortar un girasol

When cutting a sunflower

Se me ladeo una ramita

A twig tilted for me

Que cosas tiene el amor

Love has its quirks

Que todos los miedos quita

It takes away all fears