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La Bruja – mariachi song lyrics

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La Bruja

Bewitched, forgetful, and thoroughly happy about it. La Bruja is Son Jarocho's most charming case for never wanting to be cured of love.

About the Song

La Bruja is a classic Son Jarocho from the Veracruz tradition, one of Mexico's oldest and most distinctive folk music styles. Son Jarocho is characterized by the jarana guitar, the arpa jarocha (harp), and the requinto, played with a festive, interlocking rhythm that originated in the fusion of Indigenous, African, and Spanish musical cultures on Mexico's Gulf Coast. La Bruja is a beloved staple of the huapango celebration, where the playful supernatural theme — love as witchcraft — allowed performers to be dramatic and comedic at once. Las Almas brings fresh life to this Veracruz classic.

Meaning of the Song

La Bruja is a man who has been bewitched by love and has decided he doesn't want the cure. He's walking around crazy, forgetting things, thinking only of her — and he considers this the best possible condition to be in. The witch can stay. The spell is welcome. This is Mexican folk humor at its most charming: turning complete romantic obsession into something to celebrate rather than escape. By the final verse, you're rooting for the witch.

Lyrics / Letra

¡Ay! qué bonito es volar
a las dos de la mañana,
A las dos de la mañana,
¡ay! qué bonito es volar,
¡Ay mamá!

Volar y dejarse caer
en los brazos de una dama
En los brazos de una dama
Ay qué bonito es volar
¡ay mamá!

Me agarra la bruja
y me lleva a su casa,
Me vuelve maceta
y una calabaza

Me agarra la bruja
y me lleva al cerrito,
Me vuelve maceta
y un calabacito

¡Ay! dígame, dígame
y dígame usted
Cuántas criaturitas
se ha chupado usted?

Ninguna, ninguna,
ninguna, no sé,
Ando en pretensiones
de chuparme a usted

¡Ay!, me espantó una mujer
en medio del mar salado,
En medio del mar salado,
¡Ay! me espantó una mujer,
¡Ay mamá!

Por qué no quería creer
lo que me habían contado?
Lo de arriba era mujer
y lo de abajo pescado,
¡Ay mamá!

Me agarra la bruja
y me lleva a su casa,
Me vuelve maceta
y una calabaza

Me agarra la bruja
y me lleva al cerrito,
Me vuelve maceta
y un calabacito

¡Ay! dígame, dígame
y dígame usted
Cuántas criaturitas
se ha chupado usted?

Ninguna, ninguna,
ninguna, no sé,
Ando en pretensiones
de chuparme a usted!

Interpretación Las Almas • ℗ Muertolandia Music © The Pico Blvd Group

English Translation

They say that a witch has bewitched me
and that I walk around crazy and forgetful
and that I only think of you night and day
and that's why everyone calls me the bewitched one

If it's a spell, I don't want to break it
if it's a witch, let her come back to me
because with your love I am the happiest man
and I don't want anyone to cure me

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