El Halcón

The Falcon

El Halcón

But how beautifully that horse dancesPero qué bonito baila ese caballo
That's what everyone used to sayAsí le decía todita la gente
He dances quickly, the horse is livelyBaila repicado muy veloz el cuaco
It's clear his owner is someone influentialSe ve que su dueño es alguien influyente

His shiny color a very dark blackSu color brillante un negro muy oscuro
Impressed everyoneDejo impresionada a todita la gente

They bought him from CaliforniaDesde California allá lo compraron
To bring him they released him in groups of twentyPara poder traerlo soltaron de a veinte
They tied several bales with a strapFueron varias pacas con liga amarraron
He was good, but I got to see himEra buenal, pero a mí me tocó verle

The story is the same and in the endEl caso es el mismo y al final de cuentas
The falcon arrived in the hot landLlegaba el halcón, a la tierra caliente

There in Tecario and TuricatoAllá por Tecario y por Turicato
And in other towns of my beautiful stateY por otros pueblos de mi lindo Estado
What a great memory of a very fine horseQue gran recuerdo de un cuaco muy fino
Who with his elegance was immortalizedQue con su elegancia quedaba plasmado
He always took a few steps on the dance floorUnos cuantos pasos sacaba en la tabla siempre
While listening to the band playingQue escuchaba la banda sonando

With the rage, my heart racedCon la de la rabia se me aceleraba
Because he lifted evenly and stood straight aheadPorque levantaba parejo y enfrente quedaba derecho
And sideways he looked impressive in every wayY de lao se miraba por todas las formas Algo impresionante

They gave him the evil eye, it was bad luckLe hicieron mal de ojo fue la mala suerte
My falcon horse, I carry you here in my mindMi caballo halcón te llevo aquí en la mente

At the fair was his farewellAllá en la feria fue su despedida
At the main parties of Guadalajara, my horse had his turnEn las meras fiestas de Guadalajara le tocó mi cuaco
That's what Markillos always says, we have the line markedAsí dice Markillos siempre la rayita tenemos marcada

Entering the 21st, on the 25th, he left me alone and I couldn't do anythingEntrando el 21 fecha 25 me dejaba solo y no podía hacer nada

And you left us, there was no way to prevent itY ya te nos fuiste ni cómo evitarlo
But your memory I carry in my mindPero tu recuerdo en mi mente llevo
How we miss that fine horseCómo se le extraña aquel fino caballo
When pulling the reins, you could feel the fireQue al jalar la rienda se sentía el refuego
It was pure fire, no denying itEra pura lumbre ni como negarlo
The falcon is gone, encouragement to his ownerSe nos fue el halcón ánimos para su dueño