| Gabino Barrera, no entendía razones, andando en la borrachera
| Gabino Barrera, did not understand reasons, walking drunk
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| Cargaba pistola, con 6 cargadores, le daba gusto a cualquiera
| He carried a pistol, with 6 chargers, he pleased anyone
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| Usaba el bigote, en cuadro abultado, con paño al cuello enredado
| He wore a mustache, in a bulky frame, with a tangled cloth around his neck
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| Calzones de mata, chamarra de cuero, traía punteado el sombrero
| Mata panties, leather jacket, had a dotted hat
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| Sus pies campesinos, usaban guaraches, y a veces a raíz andaba
| His peasant feet used guaraches, and sometimes because of him he walked
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| Pero le gustaba pagar los mariachis, la plata no le importaba
| But he liked to pay for the mariachis, the money did not matter to him
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| Con una botella de caña en la mano, gritaba «Viva Zapata»
| With a bottle of cane in his hand, he shouted "Viva Zapata"
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| Porque era ranchero el indio suriano, era hijo de buena mata
| Because he was a rancher, the Suriano Indian, he was the son of a good bush
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| Era alto y bien dado, muy ancho de espaldas, su rosto mal encanchado
| He was tall and well-built, very broad-shouldered, his face
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| Su negra mirada, un aire le daba, al buitre de las montañas
| Her black look at him, an air gave him, the vulture of the mountains
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| Gabino Barrera, dejaba mujeres, con hijos, por donde andaba
| Gabino Barrera, he left women, with children, wherever he went
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| Por eso en los pueblos, donde se paseaba, se la tenían sentenciada
| That's why in the towns, where he walked, they had her sentenced
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| Recuerdo la noche que lo asesinaron, venia de ver a su amada
| I remember the night he was murdered, he was coming to see his beloved
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| 18 descargas de máuser sonaron, sin darle tiempo de nada
| 18 Mauser discharges sounded, without giving him time for anything
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| Gabino Barrera murió como mueren, los hombres que son bragados
| Gabino Barrera died as they die, the men who are bragados
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| Por una morena, perdió como pierden, los gallos en los tapados | For a brunette, he lost like they lose, the cocks in the coats |