Flor Silvestre [English translation]

Wild and rural flower,

Simple and natural flower,

They don't bleieve you're a fine flower1

For living by the prickly pear.

You're not a rose, you're not an iris,

Much less a Fleur de Lis

But you adorn martyrdom

And make the thistle happy

Like you, my wild flower,

I found a love in the hills

It never knew about the luck

And knew much about the sorrow2

Humble country flower

who decorates the bramble patch

I dedicate my song to you

Angelic little flower

While you sleep in the ground

The bushes protect you

And the oyster thistle3 and goat-horn grape4

Form your muptial berry5

You have always been my hope

Beautiful spiritual flower

I have placed my confidence in you

Little flower of the bramble patch.

1. Not "la fina flor" which would be qite different2. translating on the assumption that "si" is a typo for "sí"3. Scolymus hispanoicus4. I'm guessing: cornisuelo could be an American spelling of "cornezuelo", which can mean cornicabra - goat-horn grape, and is a pretty thorny plant so it fits in nicely; another possibility is terebinth but I don't think that's thorny enough; and although hawthorn is also a possible meaning of cornicabra it is not a possible meaning of cornezuelo according to the RAE dictionary5. I haven't a clue what that means!

• Artist:Trío Calaveras
• Album:Las 100 Clasicas Rancheras, vol. 2, disk 2