He told me that you lit up Garibaldi
when you lowered your window,
that your car almost caressed him
when you asked him for a song,
for the rose that Jose Alfredo2 painted blue
climbed your straps and in your hair
he found another reason.
He told me who would've guessed
he would fall in love
with the poshest girl from Madrid...
poshest girl from Madrid.
You came back later to get rid of some years,
to ask her for a light.
You said, come on I'll buy you some beers
and you show me your city.
And the mariachi, disbelieving his luck,
saw you laughing and saw death
waiting for him at the bar.
As true as the air that I breathe today,
as true as Amado Carrillo Fuentes3
is still alive,
is still alive.
Mexico City was left strange without your love
like Insurgentes St.4 without taxis,
like the Tenampa5 in silence or a flower
growing in Ground Zero.
My plans crumble after your departure
like this smoke in my chest,
like the Zocalo cathedral, mi love,
like my body in the dark,
like my body in the dark.
In one gulp you drank long hours
like summer siestas.
So dawn kissed your hands
and Don Julio6 spoke on his behalf.
You know? The duty of a good mariachi
is to take the ladies to the taxi,
escort them to the hotel.
You were persuaded and as a starter
he bit you in the cab.
Then he brought you the dessert to bed,
he brought it to bed.
After some time I saw him again at Garibaldi
tuning his guitar,
wishing for a window of a car to lower
and you to appear.
We left together and between telling-offs and shots
he told me this story,
which is the story of a blessed man that still dreams of you.
Left was the task of looking for you here in Madrid
to tell you that things took the wrong turn
since he drinks without you,
since he drinks without you.
Mexico City was left strange without your love
like Insurgentes St. without taxis,
like the Tenampa in silence or a flower
growing in Ground Zero.
My plans crumble after your departure
like this smoke in my chest,
like the Zocalo cathedral, mi love,
like my body in the dark,
like my body in the dark.