Pepito y Su Caballo

Pepito and His Horse

Pepito y Su Caballo

Pepito had a horsePepito tenía un caballo
That he just rode itQue nomás él lo montaba
It was a white-faced balloEra un ballo cara blanca
Seven quarters highDe siete cuartas de alzada
Oh, what a cute animalAy, qué rechulo animal
He just needed to talkNomás hablar le faltaba

José wanted that horseJosé quería aquel caballo
As his God, he adored himComo a su Dios, lo adoraba
Every day very earlyTodos los días muy temprano
I bathed him and saddled himLo bañaba y lo ensillaba
And the ballo of pure tasteY el ballo de puro gusto
He would stop and neighSe paraba y relinchaba

From the sand to TeránDe la arena hasta Terán
Never lost a raceJamás perdió una carrera
What kind of animal?A que rechulo animal
ran like a beastCorría como una fiera
From the future to San JuanDel porvenir a San Juan
left people in miseryDejó gente en la miseria

But fate is very cruelPero el destino es muy cruel
And there is no one who can resist himY no hay quien se le resista
And he wanted that steedY quiso que aquel corcel
One day I lost my sightUn día perdiera la vista
He never ran againYa nunca volvió a correr
Neither on the flat, nor on the trackNi en el llano, ni en la pista

To take away his sufferingPa' quitarlo de sufrir
José shot him three timesJosé le dio tres balazos
This is how he had to dieAsí le toco morir
The one who was a lightning bolt in lifeAquel que en vida era un rayo
Of history, this is the endDe la historia, este es el fin
Of Pepito and his horseDe Pepito y su caballo