El Día de San Juan Antonio Aguilar (English Translation) Lyrics

On June 24, the very day of San Juan
A dance was celebrated
In that town of Ixtlan

Micaela, early in the morning,
Smiling, says to Juan
Because it’s your saint’s day,
You have to take me to the dance

I don’t want to offend you
But I have a feeling, I
That tonight at the dance
The function will be bitter for me

Look Micaela, I’m talking to you
Don’t go to that gathering
The devil is tempting me
To throw Simon in my way

Micaela arrived first
Then she started dancing
And chose as a partner
Juan’s direct rival

(Ah-haha!)
I shouldn’t have done it
I shouldn’t have done it, Micaela
Because they set her up
(Ah-ah-ah!)

The hours pass happily
The clock strikes 12
When a gunshot
Went through two bodies

Fly, fly, little dove
Stop at that cemetery
Where little Micaela must be
With her beloved Simon