2022.03.27.
To Jorge Negrete
Let them think I am sleepingand bring me here
to [my] beloved and beautiful Mexico,
if I should die far from you.
The famed Jorge Negrete
died in Los Angeles
on the 5th of December,
I stand before him.
Before he passed, he sung
and prayed with great care,
as if he had already sensed
his death abroad.
Oh, beautiful and blossoming Mexico,
to further deepen your longing,
you now have someone to sing to you
'Las Mañanitas' from the heavens.
His eager dear mother
arrived to Los Angeles
to retrieve with sorrow
the son God had bestowed her.
The Virgin has lent him to you
and she wanted to retrieve him,
for she wants a charro to sing
in paradise too.
Mexico witnessed your glory,
and your courage with pride,
there is a charro in heaven
who is now an honor guard.
Jorge Negrete hasn't died,
his wish has been fulfilled,
he is only sleeping now
and has returned to his Mexico.