“Me abandonaste, … el amor de Dios” “You abandoned me, woman, because I’m very poor, / And for having the disgrace of being married. / What am I to do if I am the Abandoned One, / Abandoned I shall be, for the love of God.” (From “El Abandonado” [by Jesus Martínez].)
“Ya me voy ,/ ay te dejo en San Antonio ” “Now I’m leaving, / O I leave you in San Antonio.”
chaparritos short people.
corajes angers.
“La Cucuracha Apachurrada” “ The Squashed Cockroach.”
curandero medicine man; folk healer.
retablo alterpiece.
rebozos shawls.
Adiós y suerte Goodbye and good luck.
De poeta y loco todos tenemos un poco We all have a little of a poet and a crazy person in us.
Cuidate Take care.
Abrazos Hugs.
el baile de los viejitos the dance of the elders.
Regresa a Mi Return to Me; this is the name (and advertised effect) of a “magic” powder which Lupe has bought, she says, for the colorful design of its label.
lárgate get out.
Amar es Vivir To Love is to Live.
“Soy infeliz” I’m unhappy.
“Ya no. Es verdad que te adoro, pero más me adoro yo” “Not anymore. It’s true I adore you, but I adore myself more.”
tan tán the famous end to Mexican movies.
