El Barzón

The Yoke Bar

El Barzón

Those lands in the cornerEsas tierras del rincón
I sowed them with a gray oxLas sembré con un buey pando
The yoke broke on meSe me reventó el barzón
And the team keeps goingY sigue la yunta andando

When I arrived at half the landsCuando llegué a medias tierras
The plow was buriedEl arado iba enterrado

It buried up to the handleSe enterró hasta la telera
The plowshare fell apartEl timón se deshojó
The yoke was swayingEl yugo se iba pandeando
The yoke was scrapingEl barzón iba rozando
The sower was talking to meEl sembrador me iba hablando
I told the sowerYo le dije al sembrador
Don't talk to me while I'm plowingNo me hable' cuando ande arando
The yoke broke on meSe me reventó el barzón
And the team keeps goingY sigue la yunta andando

When I finished harvestingCuando acabé de piscar
The rich man came and divided itVino el rico y lo partió

He took all my cornTodo mi maíz se llevó
He didn't leave me any to eatNi pa' comer me dejó
He presents me the bill hereMe presenta aquí la cuenta
Here you owe twenty pesosAquí debes veinte pesos
For the rent of some oxenDe la renta de unos bueyes
Five pesos for magueysCinco pesos de magueyes
A nega, three cuartillosUna nega, tres cuartillos
Of beans that we lent youDe frijol que te prestamos
A nega, three cuartillosUna nega, tres cuartillos
Of corn that we provided youDe maíz que te habilitamos
Five pesos for some sacksCinco pesos de unas fundas
Seven pesos for cigarettesSiete pesos de cigarros
Six pesos I don't know what forSeis pesos no sé de qué
But everything is on the billPero todo está en la cuenta
In addition to the twenty realesAdemás de los veinte reales
That you took from the storeQue sacaste de la tienda
With all the corn that is yoursCon todo el maíz que te toca
You don't pay the haciendaNo le pagas a la hacienda
But you can count on my landsPero cuentas con mis tierras
To keep sowing themPara seguirlas sembrando

And now go workY ahora vete a trabajar
So you can keep fertilizingPa' que sigas abonando

I just stayed thinkingNomás me quedé pensando
Shaking my blanketSacudiendo mi cobija
Rolling a leaf cigaretteHaciendo un cigarro de hoja
Oh, what a shameless bossAy, qué patrón tan sinvergüenza
He took all my cornTodo mi maíz se llevó
For his damn granaryPara su maldita troje
The yoke broke on meSe me reventó el barzón
And the team keeps goingY sigue la yunta andando

When I arrived at my little houseCuando llegué a mi casita
My beloved one said to meMe decía mi prenda amada

Where's the corn that was yours?¿'Ontá el maíz que te tocó?
I sadly repliedLe respondí yo muy triste
The boss took itEl patrón se lo llevó
For what I owed at the haciendaPor lo que debía en la hacienda
But the boss told mePero me dijo el patrón
To count on the storeQue contara con la tienda

Now I'm going to workAhora voy a trabajar
To keep paying himPara seguirle abonando

Twenty pesos, ten centsVeinte pesos, diez centavos
Some that I subtractUnos que salgo restando
My beloved one said to meMe decía mi prenda amada
Don't work with that man anymoreYa no trabajes con ese hombre
He's just robbing usNomás nos está robando
Go to the meeting hallAnda al salón de sesiones
Let my godfather take youQue te lleve mi compadre
Don't listen to the priestYa no le hagas caso al padre
Him and his excommunicationsÉl y sus excomuniones
Don't you see your family¿Que no ves a tu familia
That doesn't even have pants?Que ya no tiene calzones?
I don't even have a skirtNi yo tengo ya faldilla
And you don't have pantsNi tú tienes pantalones
I just stayed thinkingNomás me quedé pensando
Why did I leave my boss?¿Por qué dejé a mi patrón?
My beloved one said to meMe decía mi prenda amada
Let the boss go to hellQue vaya el patrón al cuerno
As if we were starvingComo estuviéramos de hambre
If you keep believingSi te has seguido creyendo
What the priest told youDe lo que te decía el cura
About the pains of hellDe las penas del infierno
Long live the revolution!¡Viva la revolución!
Down with the supreme government!¡Muera el supremo gobierno!

The yoke broke on meSe me reventó el barzón
And I kept on sowingY siempre seguí sembrando