If Adelita went with another
I would follow her by land and by sea
If by sea in a warship
If by land in a military train.

The campaign bugle calls for war
The brave warrior goes out to fight
Streams of blood will run
A tyrant shall never rule.

And if by chance I die in the campaign
And my body remains in the mountains
Adelita, for God's sake I beg you
With your eyes, you will cry for me.

Don't cry anymore, dear Adelita
Don't cry anymore, dear woman
Don't show yourself ungrateful to me
Don't make me suffer so much anymore.

I bid you farewell, dear Adelita
I now leave my only pleasure
Never expect caution from me
Nor will I trade you for another woman.

I am a soldier and my country calls me
To the fields where I will go to fight
Adelita, Adelita of my soul
For God's sake, don't forget me.

At night walking in the field
I hear the bugle calling for assembly
And I repeat deep in my soul
Adelita is my only love.

I now bid you farewell, dear Adelita
I would like to take a memory of you
I carry your portrait on my chest
As a shield that will make me triumph.

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