Mexican Music: Malagueña Salerosa

This is one of the most famous Mexican songs, about a poor Mexican man who is in love with a woman from Málaga, a city is southern Spain. The three versions on this page are all by Mexican singers. If you check on YouTube, you can find versions by singers from Spain and even Italy, but they don't feel so authentic.

The version below is sung by Javier Solis:

The version below is by TrÍo TiracurÍ:

Here is a karaoke version:

Please note that each singer changes the words a little bit to suit his own style, so you might find that the lyrics don't match up 100%. The Spanish lyrics appear below, along with my own literal English translation.Sigh! The Spanish sounds so much more beautiful!

Malagueña: Lyrics in Spanish and English

Que bonitos ojos tienes	what pretty eyes you have
Debajo de esas dos cejas	under those two eyebrows
Debajo de esas dos cejas	under those two eyebrows
Que bonitos ojos tienes	what pretty eyes you have
Ellos me quieren mirar	they want to look at me
Pero si tu no los dejas	but if you don’t let them
Pero si tu no los dejas	but if you don’t let them
Ni siquiera parpadear	you don’t even let them blink
Malagueña salerosa	[Oh,] graceful lady from Málaga
Besar tus labios quisiera	I would like to kiss your lips
Besar tus labios quisiera	I would like to kiss your lips
Malagueña salerosa	[Oh,] graceful lady from Málaga
Eres linda y hechicera	You are beautiful and enchanting!
Que eres li…..nda y hechicera	[Oh,] How beau…..tiful and enchanting you are!
Como el candor de una rosa	like the innocence of a rose
Y deci……rte niña hermosa	and te…..ll you [that you are] a beautiful girl
Que eres linda y hechicera	[Oh,] How beautiful and enchanting you are!
Como el candor de una rosa	like the innocence of a rose
Si por pobre me desprecias	If you look down on me because I am poor
Yo te concedo razón	I will admit that you’re right
Yo te concedo razón	I will admit that you’re right
Si por pobre me desprecias	If you look down on me because of my poverty
Yo no te ofrezco riquezas	I am not offering you riches
Te ofrezco mi corazón	I am offering you my heart
Te ofrezco mi corazón	I am offering you my heart
A cambio de mi pobreza	in exchange for my poverty