Carrera Contra La Muerte
Los Tigres del Norte
Race Against Death
He wanted to beat death
he wanted to win the race
three years without seeing her
and he couldn't reach her
on a wooden cross
he hung the white shoes
that on the wedding day
he promised her
he raised his eyes to the sky
and shouted I love you
to the foreigner
who finally returned
I bring you a lot of money.
The people of the town say
that from loving him so much
she died
under his portrait
she laid out her white dress
and drowned in tears
her voice was heard.
(if when I asked for your hand
we arrived almost naked
at the church altar
and me dragging my pride
I remember that because we were poor
we couldn't have a party
you wanted a white dress
and I promised it to you
although late, here I leave it for you
hopefully in the afterlife
the world is fairer
because without your love
I won't die of old age)
Another day in the morning
the foreigner got up
his child and his dog
and said goodbye
great pain he saw the land
where he lived his misery
and because of it
his beloved died.
As his horse passed by
they were praying a rosary
for the novena of the one he adored
on the hillside
a nightingale was heard singing
they say she sang to them from heaven
he wanted to beat death
he wanted to win the race
three years without seeing her
and he couldn't reach her
