Corrido Del Caballo Blanco

Ballad of the White Horse

Corrido Del Caballo Blanco

This is the ballad of the white horseEste es el corrido del caballo blanco
That on a happy Sunday took offQue en un día domingo feliz arrancara
With the aim of reaching the northIba con la mira de llegar al norte
Having left GuadalajaraHabiendo salido de Guadalajara

His noble rider took off the reins, took off the saddleSu noble jinete le quito la rienda, le quito la silla
And rode barebackY se fue a puro pelo
He crossed like lightning through Nayarit landsCruzo como rayo tierras nayaritas
Between green hills and the blue skyEntre cerros verdes y lo azul del cielo

At a slower pace, he reached EscuinapaA paso más lento llego hasta Escuinapa
And by Culiacán, he was starting to tireY por Culiacán ya se andaba quedando
They say that in Los Mochis, he was stumblingCuentan que en Los Mochis ya se iba cayendo
With his whole snout bleedingQue llevaba todo el hocico sangrando

But they saw him pass through SonoraPero lo miraron pasar por Sonora
And the Yaqui Valley gave him its warmthY el valle del yaqui le dio su ternura
They say he was limping on his left legCuenta que cojeaba de la pata izquierda
And despite everything, he continued his journeyY a pesar de todo siguió su aventura

He made it to HermosilloLego hasta Hermosillo
Kept going to CaborcaSiguió pa' Caborca
And by Mexicali, he felt he was dyingY por Mexicali sintió que moría
He climbed step by step through La RumorosaSubió paso a paso por La Rumorosa
Arriving in Tijuana with the light of dayLlegando a Tijuana con la luz del día

Having accomplished his feat, he reached RosaritoCumplida su hazaña llego a Rosarito
And didn’t want to rest until he saw EnsenadaY no quiso echarse hasta ver Ensenada
This was the ballad of the white horse that set outEste fue el corrido del caballo blanco que salió
On a Sunday from GuadalajaraUn domingo de Guadalajara