
Ricardo Arjona
México lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:28
Mi madre me encomendó a la Virgen de Guadalupe
My mother entrusted me to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Tomé mi guitarra, mis cosas y me fui rumbo al norte
I took my guitar, my things, and headed north
Crucé la aduana de Guatemala con más miedo que ganas
I crossed the Guatemalan customs with more fear than desire
Entré recogiendo las musas que dejaron tiradas
I entered collecting the muses that were left behind
Chava Flores, José Alfredo y el mismo Agustín Lara
Chava Flores, José Alfredo, and the very Agustín Lara
Y con los restos fui formando un Quién Diría y una Primera Vez
And with the remains, I formed a Who Would Have Thought and a First Time
Y estaba solo
And I was alone
Con un Jesus Verbo No Sustantivo en la garganta
With a Jesus Verb Not Noun in my throat
Estaba en México
I was in Mexico
Sin un centavo me sentía un hombre de éxito
Without a penny, I felt like a successful man
México, uoh, México, ouh
Mexico, oh, Mexico, ouh
El destino me pintó el camino que me trajo hasta aquí
Fate painted the path that brought me here
(México)
(Mexico)
No sé si fueron los tequilas pero hablé con Negrete
I don't know if it was the tequilas but I talked with Negrete
Aquella noche en el Tenampa que acabó al otro día
That night in Tenampa that ended the next day
Y en División Del Norte tomé un taxi que despues fue canción
And on División Del Norte I took a taxi that later became a song
Estaba tan desesperado esperando su turno
I was so desperate waiting for my turn
Con una ensarta de canciones el Animal Nocturno
With a string of songs the Nocturnal Animal
Y el miedo se convertía en respeto
And fear turned into respect
Por cantarles aquí
For singing to them here
En la misma tierra
In the same land
De Manzanero, la Beltrán y Pedro Vargas
As Manzanero, Beltrán, and Pedro Vargas
Estaba en México, sin un centavo
I was in Mexico, without a penny
Me sentía un hombre de éxito
I felt like a successful man
México, uoh, México, ouh
Mexico, uoh, Mexico, ouh
El destino me pintó el camino
Destiny painted the path for me
Que me trajo hasta aquí
That brought me here
Caminando a la Alameda, me platicaba una anciana
Walking to the Alameda, an old woman was telling me
Pedro Infante esta vivo, pasa todas las mañanas
Pedro Infante is alive, he passes every morning
Y es que aquí
And it's that here
Lo que se ama nunca muere
What is loved never dies
México
Mexico
Sin un centavo me sentía un hombre de éxito
Without a dime, I felt like a successful man
(México)
(Mexico)
El destino me pintó el camino
Fate painted the path for me
(México)
(Mexico)
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Key vocabulary
- encomendó
- entrusted
- virgen
- virginB1
- tomé
- I tookB1
- guitarra
- guitarA1
- cosas
- thingsA1
- fui
- I wentB1
- rumbo
- directionC1
- madre
- motherA1
- más
- moreA1
- mis
- myA1
About this song
Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.