| Caballo alazn lucero que por ligero
| Lucero chestnut horse that for light
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| Que bueno fuiste
| how good you were
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| Ganaste muchas careras yo bien recuerdo
| You won many races I remember well
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| Nuca perdiste
| you never lost
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| Jams tuviste derrota de costa a costa
| You never had defeat from coast to coast
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| No fue mentiras
| it wasn't lies
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| Asta que llego esa yegua por quien perdieras asta la vida
| Until that mare arrived for whom you lost your life
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| Sus ojos tambin oscuros clavo en los tuyos
| Her eyes, also dark, nailed yours.
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| Como diciendo que en esa quinientas barras tu la dejaras
| Like saying that in that five hundred bars you will leave it
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| Llegar primero
| Arrive first
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| Lo tengo muy bien presente toda la gente por ti apostaba
| I have it very well in mind all the people bet on you
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| Y tu dueo muy seguro su gran fortuna se la jugaba
| And your owner, very sure, his great fortune was at stake
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| Al salir de partid ero vi. | When leaving partisan I saw. |
| Que la yegua casi volaba
| That the mare almost flew
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| Y tu sin correr ligero dndole tiempo a que te ganara
| And you without running light giving him time to beat you
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| Caballo alazn lucero cual caballero con una dama
| Chestnut horse star like a gentleman with a lady
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| La fortuna de tu dueo por cuerpo y medio quedo en la nada
| Your owner's fortune per body and a half came to nothing
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| Tu dueo desesperado echando mano de su pistola
| Your desperate owner reaching for his gun
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| Si todo me lo an ganado este caballo solo me sobra
| If everything had been won for me, this horse would only be left over
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| Y no dando tiempo a nada con cinco balas rodaste herido
| And not giving time to anything with five bullets you rolled wounded
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| Callistas junta a la yegua tu que por ella habas perdido
| Callistas joins the mare you had lost for her
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| Moriste viendo a la yegua como desciendo esta usted servida
| You died watching the mare descend, you are served
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| Caballo alazn lucero hoy tu recuerdo no se me olvida! | Horse sorrel lucero today your memory I will not forget! |