El corrido del caballo blanco [English translation]

This is the corrido* of the white horse

that a Sunday happily started

he departed with the intention to get to the north

having gone out from Guadalajara

His noble rider took the rein off

took the chair off and took off just like that

crossed like a bolt Nayaritan lands

between the green hills and the sky of blue

At a slower step he got to Escuinapa

and near Culiacán he was getting behind,

they say that in Los Mochis he was about to fall

that all of his snout was bleeding.

But he was seen going through Sonora

and the valley of river Yaqui gave him his tenderness

they say he was limping with his left leg

and despite it all he continued his adventure.

He got to Hermosillo, he followed towards Caborca

and near Mexicali he felt he was dying

he climbed step by step through La Rumorosa

arriving to Tijuana with the light of day.

Having achieved his deed he went to Rosarito

and didn't want to lie down before seeing Ensenada,

and this was the corrido of the white horse

that departed one Sunday from Guadalajara.

• Artist:José Alfredo Jiménez