La Muerte de Manuelon

The Death of Manuelon

La Muerte de Manuelon

The tears of a prisonerLas lágrimas de un recluso
Came from the soul due to a great painSalieron del alma a causa de un gran daño
Caused by the news that in CuliacánQue provocó la noticia de que en Culiacán
They’re mourning for his brotherEstán velando a su hermano

It was Manuel Torres Félix, known as El 14Era Manuel Torres Félix con clave El 14
And by the nickname El OndeadoY de apodo El Ondeado
The one who cries is a manEl que le llora es un hombre
A real man named Javier, he’s his brotherMuy hombre de nombre, Javier, es su hermano

October 13th, 2012, in Oso ViejoOctubre 13 del 12, poblado Oso Viejo
You were the sceneFuiste el escenario
Of that suicidal fightDe aquel combate suicida
An abusive massacre of one against manyMasacre abusiva de uno contra varios

More than 28 heavily armed soldiersMás de 28 soldados fuertemente armados
Against a mercenaryContra un mercenario
Who fought them to the deathQue les peleó hasta la muerte
Face to face, brave men who aren’t born every dayDe frente, valientes que no nacen diario

Get out of here, uncle, go home, your crew's goneVáyase tío pa' la casa, ya no está su raza
And here come the guysY ahí vienen los guachos
This time they’re not aloneEsta vez no vienen solos
They’re coming shoulder to shoulder with the gringosVienen codo a codo con los del gabacho

Don’t worry, nephewsNo se preocupen, sobrinos
Get out of here, the guys are comingAgarren camino que al rato los wacho
But before you say goodbyePero antes que se despidan
Bring me some food, kids, don’t be dicksTráiganme comida, plebes, no sean gachos

Bullets from the rooftop were fired by the DEABalas desde la azotea le tiró la DEA
And Manuel respondedY Manuel contestaba
With one shot to the sky and the other at the dogsCon una super pa'l cielo y la otra a los perros
From the ground they attackedDel suelo atacaban

Both were firing at the same timeLas dos tronaban a un tiempo
Over 400 shots were firedMás de 400 tiros disparaba
But he ran out of ammoPero se le acabó el parque
And fools and tanks finished him offY boludos y tanques ahí lo remataban

Goodbye, brother of my soulAdiós, hermano del alma

Three days before his deathTres días antes de su muerte
He hit the military hardLes pegó muy fuerte a los militares
That time he took their breath awayEsa vez les quitó el hipo
Because he had his gear and 50 unitsPues traía su equipo y 50 unidades

He made them run likeLos hizo correr al modo
The great old wolf caused them griefQue el gran viejo lobo les causó pesares
And he did it many timesY así lo hizo muchas veces
Countless times, in various placesIncontables veces, en varios lugares

They took him to Los LlanosLo llevaron a Los Llanos
Friends and brothers, there everyone saw himAmigos y hermanos, ahí todos lo vieron
They say that the high commandCuentan que los altos mandos
From the sky, sent off the old man flyingDel cielo, volando al viejón despidieron

His pampered horseSu caballo consentido
Let out a neigh that everyone heardPegó un relinchido que todos oyeron
That day El Cuaco without a whipEse día El Cuaco sin fuete
Without reins and rider danced in the pastureSin rienda y jinete bailó en el potrero

Rest in peace, buddyDescanse en paz, compadrito
It was almost time for me to see himFaltaba poquito pa que lo mirara
His knife was left behindAtrás quedó su cuchillo
Enjoy with Tachillo that he missed so muchDisfrute al Tachillo que tanto extrañaba

His death hurts me so muchSu muerte me duele tanto
Because you don’t know how much I’ve dreamed of him herePues, no sabe cuánto yo acá lo he soñado
These are Javier’s wordsSon palabras de Javier
For his brother ManuelPa' su hermano Manuel
Men of fierce bloodHombres de sangre brava