Botas de charro [English translation]

How long did I search for your affection,

And I was drunk, drunk and lost

From loving you so much.

I remember that I was little

And I didn't go to school because I couldn't stand six hours

Without seeing you. Always together, my affection grew

And one day you yelled at me "I like men, children bore me".

And there I went to break my destiny, and in a cantina, I traded

My marbles for glasses of wine.

I was so mad at myself,

I didn't have a mustache, nor did I have a gun, nor did I ride a horse.

I was so mad at myself, I was barefoot

And you liked the boots of a charro.

I let time go by, I fought against everything

I felt the years falling on my back.

And one night that I didn't expect you, you came back

In silence and gave a kiss to my closed mouth.

I couldn't tell you to leave nor did I want you to see that I had been writing your name a thousand times

I just put you in my arms

I let my pride break into pieces.

I was finally a man.

• Artist:Vicente Fernández