Carrera Contra La Muerte
Quiso ganarle a la muerte
Quiso ganar la carrera
Tres años sin verla
Y no la alcanzó
En una cruz de madera
Colgo los zapatos blancos
Que el día de la boda
El le prometió
Alzo los ojos al cielo
Y le gritaba te quiero
Soy el extranjero
Que al fin regresó
Te traigo mucho dinero
Dice la gente del pueblo
Que de tanto quererlo
Ella se murió
Debajo de su retrato
Tendió su vestido blanco
Y ahogado en el llanto
Su voz se escuchó
(Si cuando pedí tu mano
Llegamos casi desnudos
Hasta el altar de la iglesia
Y yo arrastrando mi orgullo
Recuerdo que por ser pobres
No pudimos tener fiesta
Tu querías vestido blanco
Y yo te lo prometí
Aunque tarde ahí te lo dejo
Ojalá que en la otra vida
El mundo sea sea más parejo
Porque yo sin tu cariño
No me moriré de viejo)
Otro día por la mañana
Se levantó el extranjero
Su niño y su perro
Y se despidió
Con gran dolor vio la tierra
Donde vivió su miseria
Y por culpa de ella
Su amada murió
Al paso de su caballo
Iban rezando un rosario
Por el novenario de la que adoro
En la ladera del cerro
Se oyó cantar un gilguero
Dicen que del cielo ella les cantó
Quiso ganarle a la muerte
Quiso ganar la carrera
Tres años sin verla
Y no la alcanzó
Race Against Death
He wanted to beat death
He wanted to win the race
Three years without seeing her
And he didn't reach her
On a wooden cross
I hang up my white shoes
That the wedding day
He promised her
I raise my eyes to the sky
And I shouted I love you
I am the foreigner
That he finally returned
I bring you a lot of money
The people of the town say
That from wanting it so much
She died
Under his portrait
She spread out her white dress
And drowned in tears
His voice was heard
(If when I asked for your hand
We arrived almost naked
To the altar of the church
And I drag my pride
I remember that because we were poor
We couldn't have a party
You wanted a white dress
And I promised you
Even if it's late, I'll leave it there for you
I hope that in the next life
The world should be more equal
Because I am without your love
I won't die of old age)
Another day in the morning
The foreigner rose
Your child and your dog
And he said goodbye
With great pain he saw the earth
Where he lived his misery
And because of her
His beloved died
At the pace of his horse
They were praying a rosary
For the novena of the one I adore
On the hillside
A gilguero was heard singing
They say that she sang to them from heaven
He wanted to beat death
He wanted to win the race
Three years without seeing her
And he didn't reach her