Here we will examine the lyrics, the song is sung in Spanish. the original lyrics are shown on the left and the English version on the right. Read over the English version to better understand the meaning of the piece at put more emotion into it with that knowledge.
Spanish
Lyrics
Una muchacha guapa,
llamada Adela,
los amores de Juan
la llevan enferma,
y ella sabía,
que su amiga Dolores
lo entretenía.
El tiempo iba pasando,
y la pobre Adela,
más blanca se ponía
y más enferma,
y ella sabía,
que de sus amores
se moriría.
English
Lyrics
Delia, beautiful Delia
fallen in love with a young man named Johnny
stricken sore with her love she
started to sick all broken hearted
for she new
that her dear friend Dolores was
courting with him.
Delia, sorrowful Delia
time passed so swiftly and she grew paler
weaker daily she seemed
and daily grew failer,
daily grew failer, and she well knew
that with her love for her Johhny
life would soon fail her