| Compañera (original) | Compañera (translation) |
|---|---|
| Compañera compañera | partner partner |
| Le vengo a pedir la mano | I come to ask for your hand |
| Me dieron tres puñaladas | I was stabbed three times |
| Amores que me engañaron | loves that deceived me |
| Usted que todo lo tiene | You who have everything |
| Tendra que darme la mano | You'll have to shake my hand |
| Compañera compañera | partner partner |
| Me arrodille ante una ingrata | I knelt before an ungrateful |
| Se me acabaron las fuerzas | I ran out of strength |
| Y por poquito me mata | And for a little bit it kills me |
| Usted que adora al que sufre | You who adore the one who suffers |
| Comprenda mi serenanta | understand my serenade |
| Pero si su orgullo | But if your pride |
| La va a traicionar | he is going to betray her |
| Y ni de mi nombre | And not even my name |
| Se quiere acordar | you want to remember |
| Aunque sea por un ratito | Even if it's for a little while |
| Yo me quiero en sus ojos mirar | I want to see myself in her eyes |
| Compañera compañera | partner partner |
| Aqui comienza mi vida | my life begins here |
| Dejeme usted que la quiera | let me love her |
| Pa que se muera de envidia | So that he dies of envy |
| Que al fin yo soy hombre libre | That at last I am a free man |
| Y usted no es comprometida | And you are not engaged |
| Compañera compañera | partner partner |
| Le estoy hablando derecho | I'm talking straight |
| El alma nunca se quiebra | The soul never breaks |
| Por dios que no estoy desecho | By God I'm not undone |
| Y aquel amor que le tuve | And that love that I had for him |
| Aqui lo traigo en el pecho | Here I bring it in the chest |
| Pero si su orgullo | But if your pride |
| La va a traicionar | he is going to betray her |
| Y ni de mi nombre | And not even my name |
| Se quiere acordar | you want to remember |
| Aunque sea por un ratito | Even if it's for a little while |
| Yo me quiero en sus ojos mirar | I want to see myself in her eyes |
