| El Viajero (original) | El Viajero (translation) |
|---|---|
| Yo soy ese viajero | I am that traveler |
| Que va por el camino | What goes down the road |
| Por brechas y veredas | Through gaps and sidewalks |
| Buscando su destino. | Searching for his destiny. |
| Escucho alegres trinos | I hear happy trills |
| Del ave alborera | of the dawn bird |
| Rumor de fresca brisa | Rumor of fresh breeze |
| De tierra morena | of brown land |
| Miro en las espigas | I look in the spikes |
| Dorados sus trigales | Golden their wheat fields |
| Como las que se mecen | Like the ones that rock |
| Muy verdes los maizales | The cornfields are very green |
| Y serpentean las bardas | And the fences snake |
| De piedras quebradas | of broken stones |
| Casitas con arcones | Little houses with chests |
| De adobe blanqueadas | bleached adobe |
| La virgen del cerrito | The Virgin of the Hill |
| Que alivia nuestros males | that alleviates our ills |
| Nos da sus bendiciones | She gives us her blessings |
| Milagros y bondades | miracles and goodness |
| Con fe los mexicanos | With faith the Mexicans |
| Le brindan su canto | They offer their song |
| Y todos la visitan | And everyone visits her |
| El día de su santo | the day of his saint |
| México, México | Mexico, Mexico |
| Te llevo en el corazón | I have you in my heart |
| Con la alegría del mariachi | With the joy of the mariachi |
| Me brota la inspiración | I get inspiration |
| México, México | Mexico, Mexico |
| De bronce tu corazón | of bronze your heart |
| No hay como sones jarochos | There is nothing like sones jarochos |
| Cantados con emoción | sung with emotion |
| Piletas como espejos | sinks as mirrors |
| Y tibias sus lagunas | And warm its lagoons |
| Se peinan con el viento | They comb their hair with the wind |
| De encaje las espumas | lace foams |
| De piedras molcajetes | Of molcajetes stones |
| Volcanes nevados | snowy volcanoes |
| El Popo el Iztacihuatl | The Popo the Iztacihuatl |
| Amantes postrados | prostrate lovers |
| Me quedo en esye suelo | I stay on esye ground |
| Tan lindo y tan sereno | so cute and so serene |
| Porque he encontrado | because i have found |
| Cantos caricias y consuelos | Songs caresses and consolations |
| Por tantas cosas bellas | for so many beautiful things |
| Me quedo en tu seno | I stay in your bosom |
| Gozando tus pregones | enjoying your proclamations |
| Te canta el viajero | the traveler sings to you |
| México, México | Mexico, Mexico |
| Te llevo en el corazón | I have you in my heart |
| Con la alegría del mariachi | With the joy of the mariachi |
| Me brota la inspiración | I get inspiration |
| México, México | Mexico, Mexico |
| De bronce tu corazón | of bronze your heart |
| No hay como sones jarochos | There is nothing like sones jarochos |
| Cantados con emoción | sung with emotion |
| México, México | Mexico, Mexico |
| Te llevo en el corazón | I have you in my heart |
