Rincón de Toros

Bull Corner

Rincón de Toros

In the Bajé estatesEn las estancias de Bajé
I spent spurs, ridesgasté espuelas, caronas
I opened trails of dewsabri rastroS de rocíos
in contrabands and tamingen contrabandos y domas
I kept colts' neighsguardé relinchos de potros
in rows of reinsen hileras de cordeonas

There's plenty of horse to sing to Rio GrandeSobra caballo pa' cantarle a Rio Grande
I loosen the load of my verse, dark-hairedaflojo el flete de mi verso pelo moro
I'm a long lean creole with 'water eyes'soy clina larga criollo de "ojos de água"
and a rural worker from 'Bull Corner' estatey peón campero de estancia "Rincón de Toros"

Old Grujo, foreman for yearsEl Grujo viejo, capataz hace añares
half moon-faced from the punches he tookmedio lunanco de trompadas que llevó
and despite everything, he keeps turning over with pialesy pese a todo sigue volcando a piales
raw and bad ones that destiny handed himcrudos y malos que el destino le entregó

In the pen, the little black one jumps barebackEn el corral, el negrito salta em pelo
a dappled mare, ticklish and treacherousyegua gateada, cosquillosa y traicionera
the mate is 'lowered' when leaving the gatese "baja el mate" al salir de la tranquera
right there she tangles a mark on the whipahi no mas enrieda marca en la azotera

And the dogs get excited in whirlwindsY la perrada se alborota en remolinos
they make a party of barks waitinghace una fiesta de ladridos esperando
for everyone to come out to make a side moveque salgan todos para hacer un costadito
on a rogue that crawls buckingen un bellaco que se arrasta corcoveando

Zaragoza, a good Uruguayan creoleEl Zaragoza, un buen criollo de Uruguay
smuggled his own life therecontrabandeou la propria vida para alli
walking with spurs in estate reservespaseando espuelas en reservados de estancias
breaking in colts in the swollen Piraybandeando potros en el crecido Piray

And Don Felipe, a veteran of the borderY Don Felipe, baqueano de la frontera
sawing legs towards the serrillada directionserró de piernas al rumbo de serrillada
sickly pocho, horses-in-mute aheadpocho emalado, pingos-de-muda adelante
looking for a troop that was bought long agobuscando tropa que hace tiempo fué comprada

'Bull Corner', hope on horseback"Rincón de Toros", esperanza de a caballo
in resistance with a tough back gateen resistencia tranquera de lombo duro
a straight-lined wire fenceun principal de alambrado retilineo
tradition fencing for the futurela tradición alambrando pal futuro