| Ezequiel Rodriguez (original) | Ezequiel Rodriguez (translation) |
|---|---|
| Volaron los pavorreales | The peacocks flew |
| Rumbo a la cierra mojada | Heading to the wet hill |
| Mataron a Lucio Vazques | They killed Lucio Vazques |
| Por una joven que amaba | For a girl she loved |
| A las 11 de la noche | At 11 at night |
| Que Lucio estaba cenando | that Lucio was having dinner |
| Llegaron unos amigos | some friends arrived |
| Para invitarlo a un fandango | To invite him to a fandango |
| Su madre se lo decia | His mother told him about him |
| Me lo abiza el corazon | my heart amazes me |
| Hijo no vallas al baile | son do not go to the dance |
| Cuidate de una traicion | beware of a betrayal |
| No llores madre querida | Don't cry dear mother |
| Que me atormenta tu llanto | That your crying torments me |
| Voy a bailar con la joven | I'm going to dance with the girl |
| Que sabes que quiero tanto | that you know that I want so much |
| Montaron en sus caballos | They rode on their horses |
| Rumbo a la cierra mojada | Heading to the wet hill |
| Donde se allaba la joven | Where was the young woman |
| Que Lucio tanto adoraba | that Lucio adored so much |
| Cuando llegaron al baile | When they got to the dance |
| Lucio no quizo tomar | Lucio did not want to take |
| Uno le brinda una copa | One gives you a drink |
| Y otro le clava un puñal | And another stabs him with a dagger |
| Le dieron las puñaladas | they stabbed him |
| De la espalda al corazon | From the back to the heart |
| Como le dijo su madre | as his mother told him |
| Lo mataron a traicion | They killed him treacherously |
| Volaron los pavorreales | The peacocks flew |
| Rumbo a la cierra mojada | Heading to the wet hill |
| Mataron a Lucio Vazques | They killed Lucio Vazques |
| Por una joven que amaba | For a young woman I loved |
