Chingon is a Mexican rock band started by director Robert Rodríguez to reco… Read Full Bio ↴Chingon is a Mexican rock band started by director Robert Rodríguez to record songs for his 2003 film Once Upon a Time in Mexico. The band features members of the Latin Rock band Del Castillo and Rodríguez on guitar. Chingon contributed on Mexico and Mariachis, a compilation album to Rodríguez' Mariachi Trilogy, and released their debut album, Mexican Spaghetti Western, in 2004.

Chingon also contributed their song "Malagueña Salerosa" to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 – which Rodríguez scored – and a live performance by the band was included on the film's DVD release. They had also contributed to the soundtrack for Planet Terror.

The band's name comes from a Mexican slang term, chingón, meaning "badass."

Malagueña Salerosa
Chingon Lyrics

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Que bonitos ojos tienes
Debajo de esas dos cejas,
Debajo de esas dos cejas,
Que bonitos ojos tienes!

Ellos me quieren mirar,
Pero si tu no los dejas,
Pero si tu no los dejas

Ni siquiera parpadear.

Malaguena salerosa,
Besar tus labios quisiera,
Besar tus labios quisiera,
Malaguena salerosa.

why decirte nina hermosa
Eres linda why hechicera,
Eres linda why hechicera,
Como el candor de una rosa.

Si por pobre me desprecias
Yo te concedo razon,
Yo te concedo razon,
Si por pobre me desprecias.

Yo no te ofrezco riquezas
Te ofrezco mi corazon,
Te ofrezco mi corazon
A cambio de mi pobreza.

Malaguena salerosa,
Besar tus labios quisiera,
Besar tus labios quisiera,
Malaguena salerosa.

why decirte nina hermosa
Eres linda why hechicera,

Eres linda why hechicera,
Como el candor de una rosa.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Chingon's song Malaguena Salerosa describe the singer's admiration and desire for a woman with beautiful eyes. The repetition of "que bonitos ojos tienes" emphasizes the singer's fascination with the woman's eyes underneath her brows. The lyrics suggest that the woman also desires the singer's attention, but the singer is aware that without reciprocating interest, the woman may ignore him completely.

The title of the song, "Malaguena Salerosa," refers to a style of Spanish music and dance called "malagueña" that originated in the city of Malaga, Spain. The word "salerosa" can be translated to mean "charming" or "flirtatious," which fits the romantic nature of the lyrics.

The following verses express the singer's adoration for the woman, calling her "nina hermosa" (beautiful girl) and "hechicera" (bewitching). The verses also imply that the singer may be poor, but nevertheless offers the woman his heart in exchange for her affections.

Overall, the song is a romantic ballad that highlights the beauty of a woman's eyes and the singer's desire to be with her.

Line by Line Meaning

Que bonitos ojos tienes
You have such beautiful eyes

Debajo de esas dos cejas
Underneath those two eyebrows

Ellos me quieren mirar
They want to look at me

Pero si tu no los dejas
But if you don't let them

Ni siquiera parpadear
Not even to blink

Malaguena salerosa
Charming Malaguena

Besar tus labios quisiera
I would like to kiss your lips

Por decirte nina hermosa
To tell you lovely girl

Eres linda y hechicera
You are beautiful and bewitching

Como el candor de una rosa
Like the innocence of a rose