New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo México
| "New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo México" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Pablo Mares | |
| Genre | State Song |
| Songwriter(s) | Pablo Mares |
New Mexico – Mi Lindo Nuevo México is a song written and composed by Pablo Mares, which was adopted as the official bilingual song of New Mexico in 1995.
New Mexico Statutes
[edit]The following information is taken from the New Mexico Statutes, Title 12, Article 3, Section 12-3-12. The words are included within the statute.
- CHAPTER 12. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC AFFAIRS MATTERS
- ARTICLE 3. STATE SEAL, SONG AND SYMBOLS
- SECTION 12-3-12. STATE BILINGUAL SONG
- 12-3-12. State bilingual song.
- A. The words and music of "New Mexico -- Mi Lindo Nuevo México", written by Pablo Mares, are declared to be the state bilingual song.
The words are:
- I'm singing a song of my homeland
- Most wonderful place that I've seen.
- My song cannot fully describe it
- I call it land of my dreams.
- New Mexico,
- Land of the sun
- Where yucca blooms
- The sunset sighs.
- New Mexico,
- Your starry nights,
- Your music sweet as daylight dies.
- My heart returns
- It ever yearns
- To hear the desert breezes blow,
- Your snow, your rain, your rainbows' blend,
- I'm proud of my New Mexico.
Translation:
- Yo canto de un país lindo
- Más bello no he visto yo,
- Mi canción no puede decirlo,
- Como mi corazón.
- Nuevo México,
- País del sol
- Palmillas floreciendo allí.
- Nuevo México,
- Tus noches lindas
- Traen recuerdos para mí.
- Mi corazón
- Llora por tí me dice a mí
- Te quiero yo.
- Tus sierras y tus valles
- Son mi lindo Nuevo México.
- B. A copy of the state bilingual song exhibited with this bill shall be filed with the secretary of state to be lodged in the archives of his office.
Sources
[edit]- New Mexico Legislature, December 11, 2004
- State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer, Copyright 2002
- State Songs America, Edited by M.J. Bristow, Copyright 2000