Los Trece Valientes

The Thirteen Brave Ones

Los Trece Valientes

There were thirteen brave men from Nayarit,Fueron trece nayaritas,
Fearless here in my state,Valientes aqui en mi estado,
Many people remember them,Mucha gente los recuerda,
Because they had friends,Por que tuvieron amigos,
Listen carefully to what I'm telling you here.Escuchen con atencion de lo que yo aqui les digo.

From Zapotan, Nayarit,De zapotan nayarit,
Was the infamous rabbit,Era el conejo mentado,
Who defeated Candelario,Que le gano a candelario,
Then stood watch over him, of thoseLuego se puso a velarlo, de aquellos
Brave men, there were in all my state.Hombres valientes, ubo en todito mi estado.

The sub-lieutenant Olibon,El sub-teniente olibon,
Remained in Guicicila,En guicicila quedo,
And in the town of Villa Hidalgo,Y en el pueblo villa hidalgo,
They killed dark-skinned Crispin, they say it wasAl prieto crispin mataron, dicen fue
The law enforcement, who stabbed Crispin.La judicial, que a crispin apuñalaron.

In San Jose de Mojarras,En san jose de mojarras,
They killed the deer,Al venado lo mataron,
He had no friend,No tuvo ningun amigo,
Who would even warn him, Roberto ParraQue si quiera le avisara, roberto parra
Savala, fell in Camichin de Jauja.Savala, callo en camichin de jauja.

Yoyo stayed in Durango,El yoyo quedo en durango,
Betillo in Guadalajara,Betillo en guadalajara,
And in Picacho Santos Ramos,Y en picacho santos ramos,
The government killed him, andEl gobierno lo mato, y a
Ruben in Centispac, a stranger finished him.Ruben en centispac, un fuereño lo acabo.

At the gates of Palapares,En puerta de palapares,
They machine-gunned Adolfo,A adolfo lo ametrallaron,
Milpas Viejas was a witness,Milpas viejas fue testigo,
Of the infamous Black Hand, andDel mano negra mentado, y al
Melon in Paso Ondo, life was taken from him.Melon en paso ondo, la vida le arrebataron.

Brave men keep being born,Todavia siguen naciendo,
Everywhere,Valientes por todos lados,
Those I mentioned here,Estos que aqui les nombre,
Will never be forgotten,Nunca seran olvidados,
They were the thirteen brave ones,Fueron los trece valientes,
Who left their fame here.Que aqui su fama dejaron.