| Yo vi correr dos caballos, en la hacienda el barrendal
| I saw two horses run, at the hacienda el barrendal
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| Uno venia de Palmillas, venia seguro a ganar
| One came from Palmillas, he was sure to win
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| Por que sabia que el Lucero, en la tabla iba a quedar
| Because I knew that the Lucero, on the table was going to stay
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| El Lucero era famoso, de la gavia y el sausal
| The Lucero was famous, from the topsail and the sausal
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| Era caballo de estanpa, a que bonito animal
| He was a estanpa horse, what a beautiful animal
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| Apostaron sus fortunas, todos los del peso pan
| They bet his fortunes, all of the pan peso
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| Se lo iba a correr Juanita, la hija del caporal
| Juanita, the caporal's daughter, was going to fuck him
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| Los contrarios del Lucero, tenían formado su plan
| Lucero's opponents had formed their plan
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| Era matar al caballo, para ellos poder ganar
| It was to kill the horse, for them to win
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| A mitad de su carrea, la vida le hiba a costar
| Halfway through his career, his life was going to cost him
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| Con 5 balas de mauser, lo hiban a sacrificar
| With 5 Mauser bullets, they were going to sacrifice him
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| Uuu, traidores, cobardes
| Uuu, traitors, cowards
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| Cuando entraron al carril, el Lucero vio pa’tras
| When they entered the lane, Lucero looked back
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| El caballo presentía, que algo malo iba a pasar
| The horse sensed that something bad was going to happen
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| Pues ya sentía en su pecho, las balas del criminal
| Well, he already felt in his chest the criminal's bullets
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| Así partió decidido, su suerte no le importo
| So he left determined, his fate did not matter to him
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| Cuando iba a media carrera, el Lucero relincho
| When he was in the middle of the race, Lucero neighed
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| Se oyeron cinco descargas, que el animal recibió
| Five shocks were heard, which the animal received
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| Le habían marcado el destino, pero eso no le impidió
| They had marked his destiny, but that did not prevent him
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| Con cuerpo y medio adelante a la meta rebaso
| With a body and a half forward to the goal I pass
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| Pa’que ganara Juanita la dama que lo corrió | So that Juanita would win the lady who ran it |