Poderoso Caballero Es Don Dinero
Madre, yo al oro me humillo,
Él es mi amante y mi amado,
Pues de puro enamorado
De continuo anda amarillo;
Que pues, doblón o sencillo,
Hace todo cuanto quiero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Nace en las indias honrado
Donde el mundo le acompaña;
Viene a morir en españa
Y es en génova enterrado;
Y pues quien le trae al lado
Es hermoso aunque sea fiero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Es galán y es como un oro;
Tiene quebrado el color,
Persona de gran valor,
Tan cristiano como moro;
Pues que da y quita el decoro
Y quebranta cualquier fuero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Son sus padres principales,
Y es de noble descendiente,
Porque en las venas de oriente
Todas las sangres son reales;
Y pues es quien hace iguales
Al duque y al ganadero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Mas ¿a quién no maravilla
Ver en su gloria sin tasa
Que es lo menos de su casa
Doña blanca de castilla?
Pero pues da al bajo silla,
Y al cobarde hace guerrero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Sus escudos de armas nobles
Son siempre tan principales,
Que sin sus escudos reales
No hay escudos de armas dobles;
Y pues a los mismos robles
Da codicia su minero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Por importar en los tratos
Y dar tan buenos consejos,
En las casas de los viejos
Gatos le guardan de gatos;
Y pues él rompe recatos
Y ablanda al juez más severo,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Y es tanta su majestad,
Aunque son sus duelos hartos,
Que con haberle hecho cuartos,
No pierde su autoridad;
Pero, pues da calidad
Al noble y al pordiosero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Nunca vi damas ingratas
A su gusto y afición,
Que a las caras de un doblón
Hacen sus caras baratas;
Y pues hace las bravatas
Desde una bolsa de cuero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Más valen en cualquier tierra
Mirad si es harto sagaz,
Sus escudos en la paz,
Que rodelas en la guerra;
Y pues al pobre le entierra
Y hace propio al forastero,
Poderoso caballero
Es don dinero.
Powerful Gentleman Is Sir Money
Mother, I humble myself to gold,
He is my lover and my beloved,
For being so in love
He is always yellow;
For whether a doubloon or a penny,
He does everything I want,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
He is born honored in the Indies
Where the world accompanies him;
He comes to die in Spain
And is buried in Genoa;
And since whoever brings him by his side
Is handsome even if he is fierce,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
He is gallant and is like gold;
He has a broken color,
Person of great value,
As Christian as Moor;
For he gives and takes away dignity
And breaks any law,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
His parents are important,
And he is of noble descent,
Because in the veins of the East
All bloodlines are royal;
And since he makes equal
The duke and the rancher,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
But who is not amazed
To see in his boundless glory
That the least of his household
Is Lady Blanca of Castile?
But since he gives to the lowly
And makes the coward a warrior,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
His noble coat of arms
Are always so important,
That without his royal coat of arms
There are no double coat of arms;
And since even the oaks
Are coveted by his miner,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
For his importance in business
And giving such good advice,
In the houses of the elderly
Cats guard him from cats;
And since he breaks restraints
And softens the strictest judge,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
And his majesty is such,
Although his sorrows are many,
That even having been quartered,
He does not lose his authority;
But since he gives status
To the noble and the beggar,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
I have never seen ungrateful ladies
To his taste and affection,
Who for the faces of a doubloon
Make their faces cheap;
And since he makes the bravest boasts
From a leather purse,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.
In any land they are worth more
Look how clever he is,
His coat of arms in peace,
Than shields in war;
And since he buries the poor
And makes the stranger his own,
Powerful gentleman
Is Sir Money.