La Tuxpeña [English translation]

There was a little woman from Tuxpan

Casting fish hooks in the river

And seeing that I was looking at her

She tangled up the line

She washed at the bottom of the water

Her black sea eyes

And in her little scarlet mouth

Was reflected a sigh

Lady from Tuxpan, lovely one from Tuxpan

You have caught a fish

“They aren’t biting, they aren’t hungry”

Almost trembling she said to me.

“Cast the line again

And look here at me,” I say to her

“You will catch my captive

Heart with your glances”

Smiling the little native of the port

And sympathetic with me

She told me to help her

To untangle the line

Biting the hooks of love

Caught between their lips

We went like two fish

Following the course of the river

Lady from Tuxpan, lovely one from Tuxpan

Little port of my love

Your hook remained fastened

Deep in my heart

You were my fisherwoman

Today I go with you

Since I have now swallowed the bait

Today I am your prisoner

My little one from Tuxpan