Muchacho de Campo [English translation]

I'm sorry, I don't know how to speak

fine words like those you say,

I didn't go to university

for, look at me, I'm a country lad,

I just know that I love you so much,

that's the pure truth.

I don't have the the means to buy myself a new suit,

I dress as a country person

because I'm not a toff.

I eat sauce1 with beans and eggs

and the flowers that I bring you

I cut them from my garden

but the stars are mine,

all those beautiful things

which my God gave me as presents

like the air, the blue of the immense sky,

the scent of the flowers,

and the life that he gave me.

If you like I will share my riches with you

they are the greatest beauties

because they are natural

the sea the stars the wild plants,

my joy and my sadness

and nothing is artificial.

Now you know that I'm a rough countryman,

I don't blame you for my problems

but what am I going to do about it

Understand that the only thing I want

is sweet fruit from your orchard,

and how happy you will make me

Neither chauffeurs nor baggage

on my ranch under the guaje trees2

will you need.

You will like it, we will appreciate the countryside,

I'll take you for a beautiful journey

and you're going to enjoy it.

1. or gravy?2. there are a lot of placenames that include Guaje or Guajes in Mexico, presumably because the country is full of huāxcuahuitl trees and the Spanish for huāxcuahuitl is guaje. So this could mean downriver from one of those places or it could mean "under the huāxcuahuitl grove"