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

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

• 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