On the heights of a steep mountain range
a regiment was encamped,
and a young woman bravely follows them,
madly in love with the sergeant.

Popular among the troop was Adelita,
the woman that the sergeant idolized,
and besides being brave she was pretty,
so that even the colonel respected her.

And it was heard that the one who loved her so much said:

If Adelita were to leave with another man,
I'd follow her by land and sea—
if by sea, in a warship;
if by land, in a military train.

If Adelita would like to be my wife,
if Adelita would be my woman,
I'd buy her a silk dress
to take her to the barrack's dance.