Caparrita Enlutadita
Chaparrita enlutadita
dime quien se te murió
Si se te murió tu amante
No llores aquí estoy yo.
No te vistas de color
Ni te des a conocer
Que por ahí andan diciendo
Que me dejes de querer.
Ya todos los de tu casa
A mi no me pueden ver
Por lo mal que me he portado
O mis modos de querer.
No le hace que no me quieran
Eso no me va a importar
Que si dios me da licencia
Contigo me he de casar.
Si la quieren conocer
Se las voy a retratar
Es morena chaparrita
Muy monita para andar.
Despedida no les doy
Por que no la traigo aquí
Se la deje a mi prietita
Pa' que se acuerde de mi
Mournful Shorty
Mournful shorty
Tell me who died on you
If your lover died
Don't cry, I'm here.
Don't dress in color
Don't reveal yourself
Because they're saying around
That you should stop loving me.
Everyone in your house
Can't stand me
Because of how badly I've behaved
Or my ways of loving.
It doesn't matter if they don't like me
That won't matter to me
If God allows it
I will marry you.
If they want to meet her
I'll describe her to them
She's a dark-skinned shorty
Very cute to walk around.
I don't say goodbye to them
Because I don't bring her here
I left her with my dark-skinned girl
So she remembers me