Lyrics and translation Miguel Aceves Mejía - A Jorge Negrete - Remastered

A Jorge Negrete - Remastered

"Que digan que estoy dormido
Y que me traigan aqui
Mexico lindo y querido
Si muero lejos de ti." ...

Asi cantabas con todo el sentimiento
Poniendo el alma en la voz y tu canción
Tal vez tenia el cruel presentimiento
Metido en lo mas hondo
Alli en tu corazón
Tuviste orgullo ser charro mexicano
Al mundo entero le hablaste de tu sol
De las mujeres, de un pueblo soberano
Que llora de alegria y canta de dolor

"Que me entierren en la tierra
Al pie de los magueyales
Y que me cubra la tierra
Que es pura de hombres cabales".

Adios hermano de sueños y de anhelos
Ya te cobija la tierra que te amó
Sobre tu tumba las flores del recuerdo
Regadas con el llanto que un pueblo te lloro
Te fuiste pronto como los elegidos
En plena gloria y en plena juventud
Pero nos dejas tus versos consentidos
Y nunca olvidaremos que asi cantabas tú.

To Jorge Negrete - Remastered

"Let them say I am asleep
And bring me here
My beautiful and beloved Mexico
If I die far from you." ...

That's the way you used to sing with complete emotion
Putting your soul into your voice and your song
Perhaps I had a cruel premonition
Lying deep within
There in your heart
You were proud to be a Mexican charro
You spoke of your sun to the whole world
Of women, of a majestic people
Who cry with joy and sing with sorrow

"Bury me in the ground
At the foot of the maguey plants
And let the earth cover me
Which is pure and belongs to true men".

Goodbye my brother of dreams and aspirations
Now the earth you loved holds you
On your grave, the flowers of remembrance
Sprinkled with the tears that an entire nation cried for you
You departed early like those who are chosen
In full glory and in your prime
But you leave us with your beloved verses
And we will never forget that this is how you sang.