Los Laureles Lyrics - Linda Ronstadt

¡Ay, qu? laureles tan verdes! 

¡Qu? rosas tan encendidas! 

Si piensas abandonarme mejor quitame la vida; 

Alza los ojos a verme 

Si no estás comprometido. 

Eres mata de algodón 

Que vives en el capullo; 

Ay, qu? tristeza me da 

Cuando te llenas de orgullo 

De ver a mi corazón 

Enredado con el tuyo! 

Eres rosa de castilla 

Que sólo en mayo se ve 

Quisiera hacerte un invite, 

Pero la verda no s? 

Si tiene quién te lo evite, 

Mejor me separar? 

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Por "ai" va la despedida, 

Chinito por tus quereres 

La perdición de los hombres 

Son las benditas mujeres; 

Y aqu? se acaban cantando 

Los versos de los laureles. 

This ranchera is a standard for all 

mariachis and dates back to the 1920's 

or 1930's. It is supposed to have been 

written by Consuelo Velásquez; it was 

common, especially during the Mexican 

Revolution in 1910, for women to write 

songs and include the couplets that men 

customarily used. This would explain the 

line, la perdición de los hombres son las 

maldites mujeres (cursed women), in the 

original version. L.R. 

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The Laurels 

written by Jos? López 

Ay, how green the laurels are! 

What fiery roses! 

If you're thinking of leaving me better 

to take away my life; 

Lift your eyes to look at me 

If you are not engaged to be married. 

You are a sprig of cotton 

That lives in the bud; 

Ay, what sadness I feel 

When you fill yourself with haughtiness 

Upon seeing my heart 

Entangled with yours! 

You are a rose from Castille 

That can only be seen in May 

I would like to invite you, 

But in truth I don't know 

If there is someone in the way 

Better that I go away. 

So goes the farewell 

Chinito, to your affections 

The Blessed women 

Are the ruin of men; 

And here ends the singing 

Of the verses of the laurels