Camino A Tepehuanes

Road to Tepehuanes

Camino A Tepehuanes

I'm on my way to TepehuanesVoy camino a Tepehuanes
Leaving Durango behindVoy saliendo de Durango
Oh my Cerro del MercadoAy mi Cerro del Mrcado
You're getting so far awayQue lejos te vas quedando

We just passed MorcilloYa pasamos por Morcillo
Looking around at the damEn la presa voy volteando
In the distance, I can seeA lo lejos se divisa
A beautiful grove of treesUna preciosa arboleda

And it's my favorite schoolY es mi escuela consentida
La Guadalupe AguileraLa Guadalupe Aguilera
I see groups of studentsSe ven grupos de estudiantes
Crossing the highwayCruzando la carretera

Manzanares and peronesManzanares y perones
From my lovely CanatlánDe mi lindo Canatlán
I just passed GuatimapéYa pase Guatimapé
And also La SoledadY también La Soledad

We're almost at PatosYa vamos llegando a Patos
Which is called Nuevo IdealQue se llama Nuevo Ideal

What a beautiful regionHay que bonita región
That I'm singing aboutA la que yo estoy cantando
So many pretty girlsCuantas muchachas bonitas
Little flowers from DurangoFlorecitas de Durango

There are fair-skinned and dark-skinnedHay blancas y morenitas
And light-skinned, yes indeedY gueritas si señor
With rosy lipsDe labios coloraditos
And so lovely for loveY muy lindas pa'l amor

As I pass by ChinacatesAl pasar por Chinacates
I honked a lot at the cattleLe pite mucho al ganado
Just climbing up the hillNo más subiendo la cuesta
I saw Santiago PapasquiaroVi Santiago Papasquiaro

The land of the great RevueltasLa tierra del gran Revueltas
And the famous pinoleY del pinole afamado

We just passed HerviderosYa pasamos Hervideros
Los Herreras and CorralesLos Herreras y Corrales
In Presidios and CarrerasEn Presidios y en Carreras
We greeted each other very formallySaludamos muy formales

Well, friends, we have arrivedBueno amigos ya llegamos
At the so-called TepehuanesAl mentado Tepehuanes

Very close, there are some townsMuy cerquita hay unos pueblos
That make me want to singQue cantarle me provoca
And Purísima is one of themY es Purisima uno de ellos
And San José de la BocaY San Jose de la Boca

Where you find a friendDonde encuentras un amigo
At every door you knock onEn cada puerta que tocas