La Adelita
En lo alto de la abrupta serranía
Acampado se encontraba un regimiento
Y una novia que valiente los seguía
Locamente enamorada del sargento.
Popular entre la tropa era Adelita
La mujer que el sargento idolatraba
Y además de ser valiente era bonita
Y hasta el mismo coronel la respetaba.
Y se oía
Que decía
Aquel que tanto la quería
Que si Adelita se fuera con otro
La seguiría por tierra y por mar
Si por mar en un buque de guerra
Si por tierra en un tren militar.
Y si Adelita quisiera ser mi novia
Si Adelita fuera mi mujer
Le compraría un vestido de seda
Para llevarla a bailar al cuartel.
Una noche en que la escolta regresaba
Conduciendo entre sus filas al sargento
Con la voz de una mujer que sollozaba
La plegaria se escuchó en el campamento.
Y se oía
Que decía
Aquel que tanto la quería
Que si Adelita se fuera con otro
La seguiría por tierra y por mar
Si por mar en un buque de guerra
Si por tierra en un tren militar.
Y si acaso yo muero en la campaña
Y mi cadáver lo van a sepultar
Adelita por Dios te lo ruego
Que con tus ojos no vengas a llorar.
Adelita
At the top of the steep mountain range
A regiment was camped
And a brave girlfriend followed them
Madly in love with the sergeant.
Popular among the troops was Adelita
The woman the sergeant idolized
And besides being brave, she was beautiful
And even the colonel respected her.
And it was heard
That he said
He who loved her so much
That if Adelita went with another
He would follow her by land and by sea
If by sea, on a warship
If by land, on a military train.
And if Adelita wanted to be my girlfriend
If Adelita were my wife
I would buy her a silk dress
To take her dancing at the barracks.
One night as the escort returned
Leading the sergeant among their ranks
With the voice of a sobbing woman
The prayer was heard in the camp.
And it was heard
That he said
He who loved her so much
That if Adelita went with another
He would follow her by land and by sea
If by sea, on a warship
If by land, on a military train.
And if by chance I die in the campaign
And they are going to bury my body
Adelita, for God's sake, I beg you
Not to come and cry with your eyes.