| De alláde la sierra madre
| From beyond the Sierra Madre
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| alládonde ruge el diablo
| where the devil roars
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| muchos dicen que es el aire
| many say it is the air
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| pero no se ha comprobado.
| but it has not been verified.
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| SalióDon Manuel Moreno
| Don Manuel Moreno came out
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| a la sierra de Durando
| to the mountains of Durando
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| iba siguiendo una veta
| he was following a vein
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| que dicen que era de Uranio
| they say it was made of uranium
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| En una de las vertientes
| In one of the slopes
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| del espinazo del diablo
| of the devil's backbone
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| Moreno encontróla veta
| Moreno found the vein
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| que era su sueño dorado.
| that was her golden dream of him.
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| Bajóa registrar su mina
| He went down to search his mine
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| a la ciudad de Durango
| to the city of Durango
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| no sabía que ya su vida
| he did not know that his life
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| valía menos que un centavo
| it was worth less than a penny
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| por que unos cuervos logreros
| because some crows achieved
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| iban a querer robarlo.
| they were going to want to steal it.
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| Un Coronel descompuesto
| A broken Colonel
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| gritaba voto al infierno
| he shouted vote to hell
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| no comprendes que el uranio
| you do not understand that uranium
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| es propiedad del gobierno.
| it is owned by the government.
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| Moreno le contestócon su caracter sereno
| Moreno answered him with his serene character
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| sabes que para encontrarlo
| you know what to find
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| yo he atravesado el infierno.
| I have been through hell.
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| Ahi comenzósu martirio
| There began his martyrdom
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| por que hasta sus pies ardieron
| because even his feet burned
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| pero esa mina señores
| but that mine gentlemen
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| jamas era del gobierno.
| It was never from the government.
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| Con un morral de bombillos
| With a backpack of light bulbs
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| volóal Coronel Medina
| flew to Colonel Medina
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| pero para conseguirlo
| but to get it
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| tuvo que arriesgar su vida
| he had to risk his life
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| con el se llevóel secreto
| with him he took the secret
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| de la codiciada mina. | of the coveted mine. |