La Adelita is one of the most famous and representative ballads of the Mexican Revolution. It was composed in honor of all the women who participated in the revolutionary war. Since then an Adelita has come to signify a woman soldier, or soldadera, as well as a brave woman.
| En lo alto de la abrupta serranía acampado se encontraba un regimiento y una joven que valiente los seguía locamente enamorada del sargento.Popular entre la tropa era Adelita la mujer que el sargento idolatraba y además de ser valiente era bonita que hasta el mismo Coronel la respetaba.Y se oía, que decía, aquel que tanto la quería:Y si Adelita se fuera con otro la seguiría por tierra y por mar si por mar en un buque de guerra si por tierra en un tren militar.Y si Adelita quisiera ser mi novia y si Adelita fuera mi mujer le compraría un vestido de seda para llevarla a bailar al cuartel. |
At the top of a steep mountainous range a regiment was encamped along with a young woman that bravely followed them who was madly in love with the sergeant.Popular among the troop was Adelita the woman that the sergeant idolized and besides being brave she was pretty that even the Colonel respected her.And it was heard, that he, who loved her so much, said:And if Adelita left with another man I’d follow her by land and sea if by sea in a war ship if by land in a military train.And if Adelita would like to be my girlfriend If Adelita would be my wife I’d buy her a silk dress to take her to the barrack’s dance. |
