Yo como creí me equivoqué,triste es mi vida,joven querida,ese albur yo lo jugué.
Para que quero vida sin honrasi malamente jugué.Si me matan a balazos,que me maten al cabo, y qué.
Albur de amor me gustó,yo lo jugué.Como era pobre, yo mi vidala hipotequé,y todavía valor me sobrahasta 'onde pude, aposté.Si me matan a balazosque me maten al cabo, y qué. (bis)
Since I believed that I was wrong,Very sad is my life,My dear young womanI played with this 'albur'.
Why do I want a life without honorIf I played badly?If they kill me by shotgun,Let them kill me, so what?
I liked this 'albur' of love,I played it!As I was poor in my life,I mortgaged it,And still I have courage leftas far as I could I bet.If they kill me by shotgun,Let them kill me, so what? (bis)