No puedo verte triste porque me mata
Tu carita de pena, mi dulce amor
Me duele tanto el llanto que tu derramas
Que se llena de angustia mi corazón

Yo sufro lo indecible si tu entristeces
No quiero que la duda te haga llorar
Hemos jurado amarnos hasta la muerte
Y si los muertos aman
Después de muertos amarnos mas

Si yo muero primero, es tu promesa
Sobre de mi cadáver dejar caer
Todo el llanto que brote de tu tristeza
Y que todos se enteren de tu querer

Si tú mueres primero, yo te prometo
Escribiré la historia de nuestro amor
Con toda el alma llena de sentimiento
La escribiré con sangre
Con tinta sangre del corazón

Si tú mueres primero, yo te prometo
Escribiré la historia de nuestro amor
Con toda el alma llena de sentimiento
La escribiré con sangre
Con tinta sangre del corazón

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of Julio Jaramillo's Nuestro Juramento express the singer's deep concern for his beloved's sadness. He simply cannot bear to see her unhappy and her anguish fills his heart with overwhelming pain. The image of her tearful face is likened to a death sentence for him. The notion of a loved one's sadness being unbearable is further reinforced when Jaramillo sings that he suffers terribly when she is sad. He does not want her to entertain doubts that may prompt tears. The core of the song is the oath that the two took to love each other until death. This oath is so sacrosanct that not even death can quell the flames of their love. If anything, their love will grow stronger after death. This idea is hinted at in the last two lines of the verse "Y si los muertos aman, después de muertos amarnos mas."

In the chorus, the overarching theme of the song comes to the fore, which is the promise of a lover to honor a beloved's memory in case one of them dies. The lyrics suggest that the oath is so strong that the living one will not only continue to love the departed but will also make a public display of this love by crying over their corpse. The promise is made that if the singer dies first, his beloved should weep copiously over his corpse, so that everyone knows how much she loves him and how much he means to her. The promise is solemnly returned. If the beloved passes away first, the singer promises to write a passionate history of their love, fuelled by his complete devotion and love. The fact that he promises to write it in blood (tinta sangre del corazón) hints at the depth of his love and how he plans to nourish it as his life continues without the beloved.

Line by Line Meaning

No puedo verte triste porque me mata
I can't bear to see you sad because it hurts me deeply.

Tu carita de pena, mi dulce amor
Your sad face, my sweet love.

Me duele tanto el llanto que tu derramas
It hurts me so much to see you cry.

Que se llena de angustia mi corazón
It fills my heart with anguish.

Yo sufro lo indecible si tu entristeces
I suffer greatly if you become sad.

No quiero que la duda te haga llorar
I don't want doubts to make you cry.

Hemos jurado amarnos hasta la muerte
We have sworn to love each other until death.

Y si los muertos aman
And if the dead can love,

Después de muertos amarnos mas
Then, after death, we will love each other even more.

Si yo muero primero, es tu promesa
If I die first, it is your promise.

Sobre de mi cadáver dejar caer
To let fall over my corpse