La Adelita
En lo alto de la abrupta serranía,
Acampado se encontraba un regimiento,
Y una joven que valiente lo seguía
Locamente enamorada del sargento
Popular entre la tropa era Adelita,
La mujer que el sargento idolatraba,
Que a demás de ser valiente era bonita,
Que hasta el mismo coronel la respetaba
Y se oía que decía
Aquel que tanto la quería:
Y si Adelita quisiera ser mi novia,
Y si Adelita fuera mi mujer,
Le compraría un vestido de seda
Para llevarla a bailar al cuartel
Una tarde en que la escolta regresaba
Conduciendo entre sus filas al sargento,
Y una mujer que sollozaba,
Su plegaria se escucho en el campamento
Al oírla, el sargento, temeroso
De perder para siempre a su adorada,
Ocultando su emoción bajo el embozo,
A su amada le canto de esta manera
Adelita, Adelita no me vayas a olvidar
Y si acaso yo muero en batalla,
Y mi cadáver lo van a sepultar,
Adelita, por Dios te lo ruego,
Que con tus ojos me vayas a llorar.
Ya me despido de mi querida Adela
Solo un recuerdo quisiera yo llevar
Su retrato grabado en mi mente
Para nunca su amor olvidar
La Adelita
On the top of the steep mountain range,
A regiment was camped,
And a young woman who bravely followed it,
Madly in love with the sergeant
Popular among the troops was Adelita,
The woman the sergeant idolized,
Who besides being brave was beautiful,
Even the colonel respected her
And it was heard that he said
He who loved her so much:
And if Adelita wanted to be my girlfriend,
And if Adelita were my wife,
I would buy her a silk dress
To take her dancing at the barracks
One afternoon when the escort was returning
Leading the sergeant among their ranks,
And a woman who was sobbing,
Her plea was heard in the camp
Upon hearing her, the sergeant, fearful
Of losing his beloved forever,
Hiding his emotion under the hood,
Sang to his beloved in this way:
Adelita, Adelita, don't forget me
And if by chance I die in battle,
And they are going to bury my body,
Adelita, I beg you by God,
That with your eyes you will cry for me
Now I bid farewell to my beloved Adela
I would only like to carry a memory
Her portrait engraved in my mind
To never forget her love