Las Favoritas

With guamúchil seeds
I started making you a necklace
To say I love you
Don’t you forget me
By the riverbank
I started to think
The sun was setting
When I gave it to you
You said how sweet it feels
Because now I’m a woman
You were 15 years old
I was just 16
A lot of time has passed
Since the day I found you again
You wore your gold bracelets
Your necklace was gold too
You told me it was a gift
I went to throw it in the river

Two little trees have grown in my hometown
Two little trees that look like twins
And from my little house, I see them all alone
Under the holy shelter and the light of the sky
They’re never apart from each other
Because that’s how God wanted them to be born
And with their same branches, they caress each other
Like they were lovers who cared for one another
Little tree, little tree, under your shade
I’ll wait for the tired day to die
And when I’m all alone, looking at the sky
I ask for a companion to be sent my way

I feel in my soul
A strong urge to cry
But I don’t cry
Because I have too much pride
You’ve rejected
This love that was so yours
Just to leave
To venture out in the world

But it’s useless
It’s better if you don’t come back
If you don’t want to
Taste a revenge
You know well
That my love you don’t deserve
To be clear
I don’t trust you anymore

Even the big ones cried
Our white boots are gone
He couldn’t jump the fences
Like he was used to
He fulfilled what he swore
My horn never fails me
I’m going to die on the line
I don’t want to be locked up
The federal government
They say he was upset
Because he lost their respect
And made them struggle
Well, they didn’t play fair
Here it was proven
Federals and soldiers
Also lose their skin
Beltrán’s word
Was always respected
They knew he never failed
By the way, here in Culiacán

He always respected the truce
Not like some opponents
Who never respected it
And this caused the war