Translation of the song lyrics Corrido De Pancho Villa - Victor Jara

Corrido De Pancho Villa (original)

Fui soldado de Francisco Villa
De aquel hombre de fama inmortal
Que aunque estuvo sentado en la silla
No envidiara la presidencial
Ahora vivo allá por la orilla
Recordando aquel tiempo inmortal
Ayayay
Ahora vivo allá por la orilla
Recordando a Villa allá por Parral
Yo fui uno de aquellos dorados
Que con tiempo llegó a ser mayor
En la lucha quedamos lisiados
Defendiendo la patria y honor
Hoy recuerdo los tiempos pasados
Que peleamos con el invasor
Ayayay
Hoy recuerdo los tiempos pasados
De aquellos dorados que yo fui mayor
Mi caballo que tanto montaba
En Jiménez la muerte alcanzó
Una bala que a mí me tocaba
A su cuerpo se le atravesó
Al morir de dolor relinchaba
Por la patria la vida entregó
Ayayay
Al morir de dolor relinchaba
Cómo le lloraba cuando se murió
Pancho Villa te llevo grabado
En mi mente y en mi corazón
Y aunque a veces me vi derrotado
Por las fuerzas de Álvaro Obregón
Siempre anduve como fiel soldado
Hasta el fin de la revolución
Ayayay
Siempre anduve como fiel soldado
Que tanto ha luchado al pie del cañón

(translation)

I was a soldier of Francisco Villa
Of that man of immortal fame
That although he was sitting in the chair
I will not envy the presidential
Now I live there by the shore
Remembering that immortal time
Ay ay ay
Now I live there by the shore
Remembering Villa there by Parral
I was one of those golden
That with time became greater
In the fight we are crippled
Defending the homeland and honor
Today I remember the past times
That we fight with the invader
Ay ay ay
Today I remember the past times
Of those golden ones that I was older
My horse that rode so much
In Jiménez death reached
A bullet that touched me
His body was pierced by him
Dying of pain he neighed
For the homeland he gave life
Ay ay ay
When he died of pain he neighed
How I cried for him when he died
Pancho Villa I have recorded you
In my mind and in my heart
And although sometimes I saw myself defeated
By the forces of Álvaro Obregón
I always walked as a faithful soldier
Until the end of the revolution
Ay ay ay
I always walked as a faithful soldier
How much has he fought at the foot of the canyon?