Jicote Aguamielero

The Agave Beetle

Jicote Aguamielero

The queen of the beesLa reina de las abejas
Was in the hiveEstaba en el panal
And they told her royal majestyY le dijeron regia majestad
Someone wants to speak to youAlguien le quiere hablar

The humble agave beetle enteredCortado entró el jicote
Humble by conditionHumilde de condición
But excited to askPero ilusionado de pedir
Ask for her heartPedirle su corazón

It seems, it seems he doesn't knowParece, parece que no sabe
Doesn't know who he's talking toNo sabe con quien habla
With his big mustacheIgualado bigotón
I'm the queen, the queen because I'm pretty!¡Soy la reina, la reina por bonita!
And an agave beetleY un jicote aguamielero
Doesn't fit with my loveNo cuadra con mi amor

Silent remained the agave beetleSilencio quedó el jicote
With so much humiliationCon tanta humillación
To the proud queen of the hiveA la orgullosa reina del panal
This is how he repliedAsí le contestó

I read that we were equalsLeí que éramos iguales
According to the constitutionAsegún la constitución
I believed in a classless societyLa sociedad sin clases la creí
But now I see it's not truePero ya vió que no

And the agave beetleY el jicote aguamielero
With rain mustachesCon bigotes de aguacero
Buzzing returned to his magueyRezumbando regresó a su maguey
Without shame on his foreheadSin rubores en la frente
Because ultimatelyPorque ultimadamente
In the shade of the agave leaves he is the kingA la sombra de las pencas es el rey

The queen of the beesLa reina de las abejas
Was sipping honeyEstaba libando miel
And one of her workers shoutedY una de sus obreras le gritó
There's that one againAhí está de nuevo aquel

Ordering to close the doorMandando cerrar la puerta
The queen refusedLa reina se le negó
Because her desire is to marryPorque su afán es que se ha de casar
An emperorCon un emperador

It seems, it seems she doesn't knowParece, parece que no sabe
Doesn't know who she's dealing withNo sabe con quien trata
That dark, pot-bellied oneEse prieto barrigón
I'm the queen, the queen because I'm pretty!¡Soy la reina, la reina por bonita!
And an agave beetleY un jicote aguamielero
Doesn't fit with my loveNo cuadra con mi amor

The agave beetle frownedFruncido quedó el jicote
Bowing in painArqueandose de dolor
And in his sorrow the unhappy one sangY en su pesar cantando el infeliz
This is how he bid farewellAsí se despidió

Goodbye, beautiful little queen, oh, how badly you treated meAdiós reinecita hermosa, ¡ay!, que me trató tan mal
But according to the laws of the countryPero asegún las leyes del país
Here everyone is equalAquí todos son igual

And the agave beetleY el jicote aguamielero
With rain mustachesCon bigotes de aguacero
Buzzing returned to his magueyRezumbando regresó a su maguey
Without shame on his foreheadSin rubores en la frente
Because ultimatelyPorque ultimadamente
In the shade of the agave leaves he is the kingA la sombra de las pencas es el rey