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Vicente Fernandez
 2/17/40-12/12/21

Translation: A Serenade for me

*Translation: my friend, companion, brother, return

 

 

Adios Don Vicente

Chente—mi amigo, compadre, hermano
Troubadour of our pain untold
Minstrel of our abandoned souls
Keeper of our traditions bold

So loved by La Virgen de Guadalupe
That she took you on Her day
Now heaven’s honored balladeer
For Her now, you may play

You leave us with our sorrow
Our inconsolable despair
So, with a soft prayer on our lips
We plead—Volver!  Volver!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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