In the Agave Plant's Leaf

En La Penca De Un Maguey

Engraved in the agave plant's leafGrave en la penca de un maguey
Your name joined with mine, intertwinedTu nombre unido al mio, entre lazados
As evidence before the law of the mountainComo una prueba ante la ley del monte
That we were in love thereQue hay estuvimos enamorados

It was you who searched for the leafTu misma fuiste quien busco la penca
The most beautiful, the most slenderLa mas bonita la mas esbelta
And you even said I should also engraveY hasta dijiste que tambien grabara
Two hearts with an arrowDos corazones con una flecha

And now you say you don't rememberY ahora dices que ya no te acuerdas
That nothing is true, just wordsQue nada es cierto que son palabras
I am calm because in the endYo estoy tanquilo porque a fin de cuentas
In our irilio, the leaves speakEn nuestro irilio las pencas hablan

(And you know, ungrateful, the mountain still(y sabes que ingrata el monte todavia
Awaits us, my dear)Nos sigue esperando chiquitita)

The same night you changed my loveLa misma noche que mi amor cambiaste
You also cut that leafTambien cortaste aquella penca
You thought that if I saw itTe imaginaste que si la veia
It would be like an offering to youPa ti seria como una ofrenta

You forgot that the agave plant knewSe te olvidaba que el maguey sabia
What you swore on this nightLo que juraste en esta noche
And that in its own way, it could alsoY que a su modo el tambien podria
Reproach youRecriminarte con un reproche

I don't know if you believe the strange thingsNo se si creas las extrañas cosas
That my eyes see, maybe you'll be surprisedQue ven mis ojos tal vez te asombres
The new leaves that sprout on the agave plantLas pencas nuevas que al maguey le brontan
Are marked with our namesVienen marcadas con nuestros nombres