Calaveritas [English translation]

When I die

I want from you

One of your kisses, and a

flower crown, my dear

Don't cry, my darling

that I bring you with me

and in this bed of love

I die, dancing

We all carry inside us

A death which accompanies us

Which appears when the night

comes, and the sun goes down

We all carry inside us

A death which accompanies us

Which appears when the night

comes, and the sun

Health and life

for our deceased

Sugar skulls, my black

funeral sky

And black stars

I bring you sweet comfort

With our grandmothers and grandfathers

I die dancing

You are with me

in each kiss

and in each verse

I feel your voice, my dear

And although time passes

I want from you

A bit of your

memory and body

We all carry inside us

A death which accompanies us

Which appears when the night

comes, and the sun goes down

We all carry inside us

A death which accompanies us

Which appears when the night

comes, and the sun

Health and life

for our deceased

Sugar skulls, my black

funeral sky

And black stars

I bring you sweet comfort

With our grandmothers and grandfathers

I die dancing

(It's not enough for justice to come late

Justice which isn't exercised when appropriate is already injust

For justice to come late)

Health and life

for our deceased

Sugar skulls, my black

funeral sky

And black stars

I bring you sweet comfort

With our grandmothers and grandfathers

I die dancing [x3]

I die dancing