Décimas de Tlatelolco

Tlatelolco Verses

Décimas de Tlatelolco

With the recent attackCon el reciente atentado
Slaughter in TlatelolcoMatanza de Tlatelolco
Slaughter in TlatelolcoMatanza de Tlatelolco
With the recent attackCon el reciente atentado
Slaughter in TlatelolcoMatanza de Tlatelolco

Ordaz has shown usOrdaz nos ha demostrado
How little he's worthLo que vale que es muy poco
With the recent attackCon el reciente atentado
Slaughter in TlatelolcoMatanza de Tlatelolco
Ordaz has shown usOrdaz nos ha demostrado

Every bootlicking leaderTodo líder lambiscón
Opportunist or scoundrelOportunista o truhán
Has rushed to supportSe ha apresurado a apoyar
This thieving governmentA este gobierno ladrón
Pretending to be holyQue se finge el santurrón
With a patriotic attitudeCon actitud patriotera
Disgracing the flagDesagravia la bandera
As if it were rightComo si fuera indicado
Finally showed its true colorsPor fin el cobre mostró
With the recent attackCon el reciente atentado

Barragán, the wretched oneBarragán el desgraciado
General of a thousand battlesGeneral de mil batallas
His strategy never failsSu estrategia no le falla
Against the unarmed peopleContra el pueblo desarmado
And the infamous October secondY el dos de octubre mentado
He showed off with his troopsCon su tropa se lució
Firing at the peopleContra el pueblo disparó
That afternoon like a madmanEsa tarde como loco

Mexico will not forgetMéxico no olvidará
Slaughter in TlatelolcoMatanza de Tlatelolco

Not even General Santa AnaQué ni el general Santa Ana
Not Huerta, nor AlemánQué ni Huerta, ni Alemán
Have committed such atrocitiesHan hecho tantos desmanes
In the Mexican NationEn la Nación Mexicana
A president with a clubPresidente con macana
Killing studentsAsesinando a estudiantes
And he remains so smugY se queda tan campante
With the press on his sideCon la prensa de su lado
His murderer's natureSu calaña de asesino
Díaz Ordaz has shown usDíaz Ordaz nos ha mostrado

The Mexican bourgeoisieLa burguesía mexicana
And their American bossesY los gringos sus patrones
Rest in their armchairsReposan en sus sillones
On the morning of October thirdTres de octubre en la mañana
And that veteran troopY esa tropa veterana
That killed JaramilloQue asesinó a Jaramillo
Cardboard soldiersSoldados de cartoncillo
Stroll in TlatelolcoSe pasean en Tlatelolco

The government has shown usEl gobierno ha demostrado
How little it's worthLo que vale que es muy poco