2019.01.15.
The Three Huastecas
To talk about Huasteca,1 you had to have been born thereSavoring the dried beef, with a few drinks of mezcal,
Smoke a leaf cigarette, light it with a flint,
And the one that wets it best, smokes it the longest
That Huasteca, I don't know what it has
The one who visits once, returns and remains there
Beautiful Huasteca, I cannot forget you
I was born with your love, and born with your singing
Huasteca Potosina, has bunches of flowers
Mountains full of mist, and hillsides of dreams
In the Hidalgo Huasteca, one's heart is not for rent
Whoever doesn't say 'excuse me', does not wake up
in his mattress
This Huasteca, I don't know what it has
The one who visits once, returns and remains there
Beautiful Huasteca, I cannot forget you
I was born with your love, and born with your singing
Huasteca Veracruz, who calms herself with the sea
That sings with the mountains, and sleeps in the palm grove
They lasso the ladino bulls,2 running through the wilderness,
While the violins cry,3 dancing the huapango4in the corral
This Huasteca, I don't know what it has
The one who visits once, returns and remains there
Beautiful Huasteca, I cannot forget you
I was born with your love, and born with your singing
- 1. La Huasteca is a geographical and cultural region located in Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico which includes parts of the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Puebla, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí(Potosina), and Querétaro
- 2. Animals that are wild and brave
- 3. The musical composition that accompanies this dance is performed with one or two guitars, a harp and a violin.
- 4. Typical dance of the Mexican region of the Huastecas, especially of the state of Veracruz, that is danced zapateando with fast and complicated steps on a wood platform.