El Rey De La Naturaleza

The King of Nature

El Rey De La Naturaleza

there in the early morningalla por la madrugada
the stomach growls from a league awayle suena el cuajo a una legua
it seems to be Pancho Villaparece ser pancho villa
riding his seven leaguesmontado en sus siete leguas
it's old Don Antonioes el viejo don antonio
next to his lieutenantalado de su teniente
but one-eyed and somewhat crookedpero tuerto y algo chueco
who was too braveque se paso de valiente

the rider shows tracesel jinete muestra huellas
of a thousand stumbles and hardshipsde mil tropieso llafanes
he slept under the starsdurmio de bajo las estrellas
married to the hawkscaso con los gavilanes
and despite his elegancey a un por tar la elegacancia
and although he lives in povertyy aunque vive en la pobresa
he is a man of his wordes hombre de palabra
king of naturerey de la naturaleza

the old man talks calmlyplatica el viejo con calma
life is about losing and winningla vida es perder y ganar
and the only poor person in the worldy el unico pobre del mundo
is the one who didn't know how to lovees el que no supo amar
god gave us animalsdios nos dio los animales
for our well-beingpara nuestro bien estar
although we eat their fleshaunque comames su carne
we must know how to take care of themay que saber los cuidar

trudging along a pathtrontiando por un sentero
old man sitting in the chairviejo sentado en la silla
hat tilted, fiercesombrero gacho ariscado
with the concentration of an eagleconsentracion de aguilia
he goes in search of a dry treeba en busca de un arlbo seco
from which to make firewooddel cual poder aser lena
he smiles when comparedsonriar verse comparado
he is hurt by what he does todayle duele lo que hoy desenpena

he always barked with effortsiempre ladro con enpeno
breaking in the cornersalazado enterrar ezquineros
he did it in the Quinene stylelo hizo al estilo quineno
he was a companion to allde todos fue un companero
the years went byfueron pasando los anos
now he plays the role of a cookhoy la hace de cocinero
I got tired of herdsya me canse de rebanos
when I was the top dogcuando fui yo el mero mero

the rider shows tracesel jinete muestra huellas
of a thousand stumbles and hardshipsde mil tropieso llafanes
he slept under the starsdurmio de bajo las estrellas
married to the hawkscaso con los gavilanes
and despite his elegancey a un por tar la elegacancia
and although he lives in povertyy aunque vive en la pobresa
he is a man of his wordes hombre de palabra
he is the king of naturees rey de la naturaleza