Adelita

If Adelita were to go with another
I would follow her trail without ceasing
If by sea on a warship
If by land on a military train

If Adelita wanted to be my wife
If Adelita were my woman
I would buy her a silk dress
To take her dancing at the barracks

Adelita is the name of the young girl
Whom I adore and cannot forget
In the field I have that rose
And in time I will pick it

And if by chance I die in battle
And if my body is to remain in the mountains
Adelita, for God's sake, I beg you
That with your eyes you will come to cry for me