Pelajes Entreveraos

Mixed Coats

Pelajes Entreveraos

Had a cute little goldenTuve un lindo doradillo
Came out of a mountain with a gateSalió de un monte con puerta
Half swamp, crooked listMedio charcón, lista tuerta
And just a little fangY apenitas de colmillo
Because of the white on the elbowsPor lo blanco en los codillos
It was my tough lizardEra mi flete lagarto
Strong in encounter and quartersRecio de encuentro y de cuartos
Like a swift deerComo un venao de ligero
Not even the lightning bolts could see himNi lo veían los rayeros
He was tired of winningDe ganar ya estaba harto

He was taken by the rosemarySe lo llevó el romerillo
For lending him a turnPor empriestarlo una güelta
No more loose grabsYa no arrebata más sueltas
My golden one went outSe apagó mi doradillo
Today I have a speckled roanHoy tengo un chuso tordillo
Of the so-called sabinoDe los llamados sabinos
And like a good ArgentineY como buen argentino
I couldn't missNo me podían faltar
Two spotted ones to changeDos gateaos para mudar
One blond, the other dunUno rubio, otro barcino

A damn dirty spotted oneUn flor de gateao tiznao
Got me out of a thousand troublesMe sacó de mil apuros
Branded by Remigio LuroMarca de Remigio Luro
They had given him to meMe lo habían regalao
From there came a bragging oneDe ahí procedía un bragao
A dun, a spotted oneUn toznao, un lunarejo
An old mule zainoUn zaino mula ya viejo
A dark hindquarter, a muddy oneUn anca mora, un barroso
And a cute lively pigeonY un lindo palomo brioso
A snowy one, a blue oneUn nevao, un azulejo

I tamed some little maresAmansé unos testerillas
Black manes, several dark onesCabos negros, varios moros
Bad faces, bull bloodMalacaras, sangre i' toro
And a masked roanY un rosillo mascarilla
A red one with a white throatUn colorao gargantilla
A little spotted starUn picasito lucero
A pink one, a piebald zainoUn rosao, un zaino overo
And like a brushstrokeY como suebra pincel
I had a black Algerian zainoTuve un zaino negro argel
And a piebald neckerY un tubiano pescuecero

I can distinguish a jobSé distinguir un trabao
A white beak, a wolf-like oneUn pico blanco, un lobuno
Snowy hindquarter and tawnyAnca Nevada y cebruno
Moorish roan and crossedRosillo moro y cruzao
Handled from behind, the striped oneManeao de atrás, el fajao
Mule stripe, the half-breedRaya i' mula, el media res
Spot, painted, yaguanéMancha, pintao, yaguané
Rabicano, and just in caseRabicano, y por si salvo
One, two, three, and four white onesUno, dos, tres y cuatro albos
Well shod and dapple grayBien calzao y pangaré

I don't kill the baysA los bayos no los mato
Oranges, whites, roansNaranjos, blancos, rosaos
Pampas, duns, enclosedPampas, ruanos, enceraos
The canary, the duck eggEl canario, el güevo i' pato
And to close the dealY pa dir cerrando el trato
Raining and not raining is the mintLlueve y no llueve es la menta
I have referred to the stormMe he referido al tormenta
For many mixed coatsPa muchos entrepelao
And if I forgot somethingY si de algo me he olvidao
Start countingVaya sacando la cuenta