No llores, mi querida, dios nos vigila
Hoof beats like castanets on stone
Agarrame, mi vida, soon the desert will be gone
For a few crumbs and a place to hide
Soon you will be dancing the fandango
And watch the young torero stand alone
Oh, can it be that I am slain?
We may not make it through the night
Soon you will be dancing the fandango
And I'll play for Magdalena as we ride
The face of God will appear
Past the Aztec ruins and the ghosts of our people
Was it my hand that held the gun?
No llores, mi querida, dios nos vigila
Soon the horse will take us to Durango
Me and Magdalena on the run
When they rode with villa into torreon
Agarrame, mi vida, soon the desert will be gone
Come let us fly my Magdalena
The way it is long but the end is near
At the corrida we'll sit in the shade
We'll drink tequila where our grandfathers stayed
I think this time we shall escape
Then I see the bloody face of Ramon
My head is vibrating, I feel a sharp pain
With the serpent eyes of obsidian
Sold my guitar to the bakers son
No llores, mi querida, dios nos vigila
Look up in the hills, that flash of light
Was it me that shot him down in the cantina?
Come sit by me, don't say a word
At night I dream of bells in the village steeple
Was that the thunder that I heard?
I will wear new boots and an earring of a gold
Quick, Magdalena take my gun
You'll shine with diamonds in your wedding gown
Agarrame, mi vida soon the desert will be gone
Soon you will be dancing the fandango
Then the padre will recite the prayers of old
The dogs are barking and whats done is done
Soon the horse will take us to Durango
But I can get another one
Already the fiesta has begun
Soon the horse will take us to Durango
Soon the horse will take us to Durango
Agarrame, mi vida, soon the desert will be gone
No llores, mi querida, dios nos vigila
In the little church of this side of town
Aim well my little one
