El Corrido Del Liebro

The Ballad of Liebro

El Corrido Del Liebro

In this treacherous world, no one can escape deathEn este mundo traidor, nadie de morir se escapa
The tiger dies, the lion dies, the priest dies, and the pope diesMuere el tigre muere el león, muere el cura y muere el papa
Today he died facing the sun, with his silver spursHoy murió de cara al Sol, con sus espuelas de plata
Miguel Montiel the champion, the hare from QuetzalapaMiguel Montiel el campeón, el liebro de quetzalapa

It was February 22nd, Sunday, a day of great celebrationFue un 22 de febrero, domingo día de gran gala
The sky was clouded, something bad was forebodingAborregado aquel cielo, algo malo presagiaba
And in warrior style, the party was celebratedY al estilo de guerrero, la fiesta se celebraba
Capital of the rodeo, beautiful city of IgualaCapital del jaripeo, hermosa ciudad de iguala

The programs were announced, head to head with JuliantlaLos programas se anunciaban, mano a mano con juliantla
In the bullpens, the bulls of Joan Sebastian roaredEn los toriles bramaban los toros de joan sebastian
And in that arena, horses of good breed dancedY en aquel lienzo bailaban, caballos de buena raza
The bullfight was organized by Roberto 'Beto' GalarzaLa corrida organizaba, Roberto Beto Galarza

Finally, his turn came in that tough battleAl fin le toco su turno, en esa dura batalla
Against the star bull, the kangaroo, which another friend had facedAl toro estrella el canguro, que otro amigo le tocaba
To avoid difficulties, they left it to the harePara no pasar apuros, al liebro se lo dejaban
Miguel was certainly ready, he had already crossed the lineMiguel el fue de seguro, ya había pisado la raya

A hesitation, a revolt, and the bull chargedUn reparo una revuelta, y el toro se disparo
When the hare punished him with the right spurCuando el liebro con la espuela, derecha lo castigo
Turning in the air, he fell on his backDando en el aire una vuelta, sobre sus lomos cayo
Everyone realized that the hare was left behindTodo el mundo se dio cuenta, que el liebro se le quedo

The foremen and bullfighters ran, very attentiveCorrieron los caporales, y toreros muy pendientes
Beto shouted to the pens, let the people outBeto grito a los corrales, denle puerta fuera gente
But it was already too late, Miguel was lifelessPero ya todo era tarde, Miguel se encontraba inerte
Honoring the art, death had kissed himHaciéndole honor al arte, lo habría besado la muerte

Together with his companions, he finally left the arenaJunto con sus compañeros, por último partió plaza
Lying in a barrier, which served as a coffinTendido en un burladero, que hizo las veces de caja
A bullfighter's cape was used as a shroudEl capote de un torero, le pusieron por mortaja
The brave warriors die but never back downLos valientes de guerrero, se mueren más no se rajan

I feel a deep sorrow, and that's why I bid farewellSiento una pena muy honda, y por eso me despido
Understand and respond to everything that happenedComprendan y correspondan, a todo lo sucedido
The hare died in the way he would have wantedEl liebro murió en la forma, como el hubiera querido
He gave me that ride, I give him this balladEl me brindo aquella monta, yo le brindo este corrido