| Voy a cantar un corrido
| I'm going to sing a corrido
|
| Sin agravio y sin disgusto…
| Without offense and without disgust...
|
| Lo que sucedió en Tres Palos
| What happened in Tres Palos
|
| Municipio de Acapulco;
| Municipality of Acapulco;
|
| Mataron a Simón Blanco
| They killed Simon Blanco
|
| Más grande fue su resulto
| Greater was his result
|
| Su mama se lo decía:
| His mother told him:
|
| -«Simón no vayas al baile»
| -"Simon don't go to the dance"
|
| Y Simón le contestó:
| And Simon answered him:
|
| -«mama no seas tan cobarde
| -"Mom, don't be such a coward.
|
| Para qué cuidarse tanto
| Why care so much?
|
| De una vez lo que sea tarde»
| Once and for all it is late»
|
| Cuando Simón llegó al baile
| When Simon came to the dance
|
| Se derigió a la reunión
| He headed to the meeting
|
| Toditos le saludaron
| They all greeted him
|
| Como era hombre de honor
| As he was a man of honor
|
| Se dijeron los Martínez:
| The Martinezes said to each other:
|
| «cayó en las redes el león»
| “the lion fell into the nets”
|
| Como a las tres de la tarde
| Like at three in the afternoon
|
| Dio principio a la cuestión
| He started the question
|
| Cuando con pistola en mano
| When with a gun in hand
|
| Andrés Vailo lo cazó
| Andrés Vailo hunted him
|
| Onésimo, su compadre
| Onesimus, his compadre
|
| Vilmente lo asesinó
| Vilely murdered him
|
| A los primeros balazos
| At the first shots
|
| Simón habló con violencia:
| Simon spoke violently:
|
| -«¡Andrés dame mi pistola
| -«Andrés, give me my gun!
|
| No ves que esa es mi defensa!»
| Can't you see that's my defense!"
|
| Quiso cazar a Martínez
| He wanted to hunt Martínez
|
| Le falló la resitencia
| resistance failed him
|
| Como a los tres días de muerto
| About three days after death
|
| Los Martínez fallecieron
| The Martinezes passed away.
|
| Decían en su novenario
| They said in their novena
|
| Que eso encerraba un misterio
| That it contained a mystery
|
| Porque matar a un compadre
| Why kill a compadre
|
| Era ofender al eterno
| It was to offend the eternal
|
| Y mataron a Simón Blanco
| And they killed Simón Blanco
|
| Que era un gallito de traba
| That he was a working rooster
|
| Era un gallito muy fino
| He was a very fine rooster
|
| Que el gobierno respetaba;
| That the government respected;
|
| Él con su 30 en la mano
| He with his 30 of him in hand
|
| Simón Blanco se llamaba | Simon White was called |