Cancion del Mariachi Antonio Banderas Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Cancion del Mariachi' means 'Mariachi Song' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Antonio Banderas' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: Soy un hombre muy honrado, que me gusta lo mejor

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Verb	Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Adjective	Conjunction	Pronoun	Determiner	Adjective
soy	un	hombre	muy	honrado	que	yo ⁸	lo	mejor
to be (essentially or identified as).	a	man, (adult male human)	very	honest, truthful	that	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	(neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives); the	definite best
1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
I am	a	man	very	honest	that	I	the	best
⁶ Punctuation mark
^8,9 I LIKE

Aligned Translation: I am a very honest man, , who likes the best

Free Translation: I am a very honest man, who likes the best

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Original Lyrics: A las mujeres no me faltan, ni el dinero, ni el amor

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Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb	Conjunction	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Determiner	Noun
a	las	mujer	no	yo	faltan	ni	el	dinero	ni	el	amor
to	the	woman	no	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	intransitive to be lacking, lack, not have	nor, or	Masculine singular definite article; the.	money	nor, or	Masculine singular definite article; the.	love
					2nd Person Plural Indicative Present Polite of the verb faltar
to	the	women	no	I	lack	nor	the	money	nor	the	love

Aligned Translation: I have no shortage of women, nor money, nor love

Free Translation: There is not lack of women , neither money, nor love

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Original Lyrics: Jineteando en mi caballo, por la sierra yo me voy

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Verb	Preposition	Adjective	Noun	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Pronoun	Pronoun	Verb
jineteando	en	mío	caballo	por	la	sierra	yo	yo	voy
intransitive to ride horseback	in (in various expressions)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	horse	used with directions over	the	mountain range	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	intransitive to go
Simple Gerund of the verb jinetear									1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ir
Riding	on	my	horse	over	the	mountain range	I	myself	go

Aligned Translation: Riding on my horse , through the sierra I' 'm going

Free Translation: Riding on my horse, through the sierra I'm going

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Original Lyrics: Las estrellas y la luna, ellas me dicen donde voy

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Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Determiner	Noun	Pronoun	Pronoun	Verb	Pronoun	Verb
las	estrella	y	la	luna	ellas	yo	dicen	donde	voy
the	star (celestial body)	and	the	moon	they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to women and feminine nouns).	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	to say, to tell	relative where, in what place	intransitive to go
							3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb decir		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ir
the	star	and	the	moon	they	I	tell	where	to go

Aligned Translation: The stars and the moon , they tell me where I'm going

Free Translation: The stars and the moon, they tell me where I'm going

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Interjection	Interjection	Interjection	Interjection
ay	ay	ay	ay
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!

ah	ah	ah	ah

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, ah, ah

Free Translation: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, mi amor

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Interjection	Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	ay	mío	amor
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	love

ah	ah	my	love

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, my love

Free Translation: Oh, oh, my love

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Original Lyrics: Ay, mi morena

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ay	mío	morena
Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	dark-skinned female, brunette

ah	my	brunette

Aligned Translation: my brunette

Free Translation: Oh, my brunette

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Original Lyrics: De mi corazon

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Preposition	Adjective	Noun
de	mío	corazón
from (with the source or provenance of or at)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	emotions, kindness, spirit

from	my	emotion

Aligned Translation: From my heart

Free Translation: From my heart

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Original Lyrics: Me gusta tocar la guitarra, me gusta cantar el sol

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Pronoun	Verb	Determiner	Noun	Verb	Determiner	Noun
yo	tocar	la	guitarra	cantar	el	sol
(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive to play (a musical instrument)	the	guitar	transitive:intransitive to sing	Masculine singular definite article; the.	sun
	Infinitive			Infinitive
I	to play	the	guitar	to sing	the	sun

Aligned Translation: I like to play the guita , I like to sing the sun

Free Translation: I like to play the guitar, I like to sing the sun

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Original Lyrics: Mariachi me acompaña, cuando canto mi cancion

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Noun	Pronoun	Verb	Conjunction		Adjective	Noun
mariachi	yo	acompaña	cuando		mío	canción
A mariachi band.	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive to accompany	when		predicative or after the noun mine, my.	song
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb acompañar
Mariachi	me	accompanies	when	sing	my	song

Aligned Translation: Mariachi accompanies me, , when I sing my song

Free Translation: Mariachi accompanies me, when I sing my song

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Original Lyrics: Me gusta tomar mis copas, aguardiente es lo mejor

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tomar	mi	copa	aguardiente	es	lo	mejor
to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage)	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my	cup, goblet, stemmed glass, glass	(hard) liquor, booze	to be (essentially or identified as).	(neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives); the	definite best
Infinitive				3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
to drink	my	cups	liquor	is	the	best

Aligned Translation: I like to have my , brandy is the best

Free Translation: I like to have my drinks, brandy is the best

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Original Lyrics: Tambien el tequila blanco, con su sal le da sabor

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Adverb	Determiner	Noun	Adjective	Preposition	Adjective	Noun	Pronoun	Verb	Noun
también	el	tequila	blanco	con	suyo	sal	ella	da	sabor
also, too, as well	Masculine singular definite article; the.	tequila	white	with	His, hers, its, to her.	salt; table salt	it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)	transitive to give, to give out	flavor; taste
								2nd Person Singular Imperative Affirmative Tuteo of the verb dar
also	the	tequila	white	with	its	salt	it	give	flavor

Aligned Translation: Also the white tequila, , with its salt gives it flavor

Free Translation: Also the white tequila, with its salt gives it flavor

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Interjection	Interjection	Interjection	Interjection
ay	ay	ay	ay
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!

ah	ah	ah	ah

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, ah, ah

Free Translation: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, mi amor

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Interjection	Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	ay	mío	amor
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	love

ah	ah	my	love

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, my love

Free Translation: Oh, oh, my love

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Original Lyrics: Ay, mi morena

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Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	mío	morena
Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	dark-skinned female, brunette

ah	my	brunette

Aligned Translation: my brunette

Free Translation: Oh, my brunette

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Original Lyrics: De mi corazon

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Preposition	Adjective
de	mío
of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.

of	my	corazón

Aligned Translation: From my heart

Free Translation: From my heart

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Original Lyrics: Me gusta tocar la guitarra, me gusta cantar el son

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	Verb	Determiner	Noun	Verb	Determiner
	tocar	la	guitarra	cantar	el
	transitive to play (a musical instrument)	the	guitar	transitive:intransitive to sing	Masculine singular definite article; the.
	Infinitive			Infinitive
	to play	the	guitar	to sing	the
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Aligned Translation: I like to play , I like to sing the son

Free Translation: I like to play the guitar, I like to sing the son

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Original Lyrics: Mariachi me acompaña, cuando canto mi cancion

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Noun	Pronoun	Verb	Conjunction	Verb	Adjective	Noun
mariachi	yo	acompañá	cuando	canto	mío	canción
A mariachi band.	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive to accompany	when	transitive:intransitive to sing	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	song
		2nd Person Singular Imperative Affirmative Voseo of the verb acompañar		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb cantar
mariachi	me	accompany	when	I sing	my	song

Aligned Translation: Mariachi accompanies me, , when I sing my song

Free Translation: Mariachi accompanies me, when I sing my song

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Original Lyrics: Me gusta tomar mis copas, aguardiente es lo mejor

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Verb	Adjective	Noun	Noun	Verb	Determiner	Adjective
tomar	mi	copa	aguardiente	es	lo	mejor
to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage)	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my	cup, goblet, stemmed glass, glass	(hard) liquor, booze	to be (essentially or identified as).	(neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives); the	definite best
Infinitive				3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
to drink	my	cups	liquor	is	the	best

Aligned Translation: I like to have my , brandy is the best

Free Translation: I like to have my drinks, brandy is the best

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Original Lyrics: Tambien el tequila blanco, con su sal le da sabor

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Adverb	Determiner	Noun	Adjective	Preposition	Adjective	Noun	Pronoun	Verb	Noun
también	el	tequila	blanco	con	suyo	sal	ella	da	sabor
also, too, as well	Masculine singular definite article; the.	tequila	white	with	His, hers, its, to her.	salt; table salt	it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)	transitive to give, to give out	flavor; taste
								3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb dar
also	the	tequila	white	with	its	salt	it	gives	flavor

Aligned Translation: Also the white tequila, , with its salt gives it flavor

Free Translation: Also the white tequila, with its salt gives it flavor

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Interjection	Interjection	Interjection	Interjection
ay	ay	ay	ay
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!

ah	ah	ah	ah

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, ah, ah

Free Translation: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, mi amor

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Interjection	Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	ay	mío	amor
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	love

ah	ah	my	love

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, my love

Free Translation: Oh, oh, my love

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Original Lyrics: Ay, mi morena

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Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	mío	morena
Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	dark-skinned female, brunette

ah	my	brunette

Aligned Translation: my brunette

Free Translation: Oh, my brunette

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Original Lyrics: De mi corazon

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Preposition	Adjective
de	mío
of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.

of	my	corazón

Aligned Translation: From my heart

Free Translation: From my heart

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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ay	ay	ay	ay
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!

ah	ah	ah	ah

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, ah, ah

Free Translation: Ay, ay, ay, ay

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Original Lyrics: Ay, ay, mi amor

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Interjection	Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	ay	mío	amor
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	love

ah	ah	my	love

Aligned Translation: ah, ah, my love

Free Translation: Oh, oh, my love

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Original Lyrics: Ay, mi morena

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Interjection	Adjective	Noun
ay	mío	morena
Ah!, Alas!	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	dark-skinned female, brunette

ah	my	brunette

Aligned Translation: my brunette

Free Translation: Oh, my brunette

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Original Lyrics: De mi corazon

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Preposition	Adjective
de	mío
of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.

of	my	corazón

Aligned Translation: From my heart

Free Translation: From my heart

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Original Lyrics: Ay ay ay

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Interjection	Interjection	Interjection
ay	ay	ay
Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!	Ah!, Alas!

ah	ah	ah

Aligned Translation: ah ah ah

Free Translation: Ay ay ay

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Review

This song was part of the movie ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO . Antonio Banderas sings the song.

The video starts showing us his guitar very closely. He plays with other two guitarrists. They are in a crowded bar, at night. Suddenly Antonio gets on the bar and continues playing very passionately there. Some robbers take the place. Antonio protects the people hitting the delicuent. The singer gets down and continues playinglike nothing happened. They even use the guitars like drums for a moment. The crowd ends up astonished by the performance.

It is a very easy song to learn as it repeats the same lyrics a lot.

Submitted by user: ANDRESFREELANCER

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung fast and it has hard to remember verbs and nouns

Many words used are not in common daily usage.^RAE

Cancion del Mariachi has 95 BPM (beats per minute)

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 17629 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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