Valentin Elizalde - Los 500 Novillos - translation of the lyrics into English

Los 500 Novillos - Valentin Elizaldetranslation in English




Los 500 Novillos
The 500 Steers
Cuando salimos de fianza
When we left the bailment
Con la fuerte novillada
With the strong novillata
Ay que trabajos pasamos
Oh, what strains we endured
Por esa grande llanada
Across that vast plain
Quinientos novillos fueron
Five hundred steers there were
Todititos muy livianos
All very spirited
No los pudieron parar
They could not be stopped
Entre quince americanos
By fifteen Americans
A las once de la noche
At eleven at night
Se solto un fuerte aguacero
A heavy rainfall unleashed
Para poderlos parar
In order to stop them
Les formamos tiroteo
We engaged in a gunfight
En los llanos del palomo
In the plains of Palomo
Se nos solto un toro bravo
A fierce bull broke loose
El caporal lo lazo
The foreman lassoed it
En su caballo melano
On his black horse
La mamá de un vaquero
The mother of a cowboy
Le pregunta al caporal
Asked the foreman
Que razón me da de mi hijo
What news do you have of my son
Que no lo he visto llegar
For I have not seen him arrive
Señora si le dijera
Lady, if I were to tell you
Se pondria usted a llorar
You would begin to cry
A su hijo lo ha matado un toro
Your son was killed by a bull
En las zanjas de un corral
In the ditches of a corral
Quinientos novillos fueron
Five hundred steers there were
Todititos muy livianos
All very spirited
No los pudieron parar
They could not be stopped
Entre quince americanos
By fifteen Americans
Ya con esta me despido
Now, with this, I bid you farewell
Ya no tengo que cantar
I have no more to sing
Estos versos los compuso
These verses were composed by
Giribaldo el caporal
Giribaldo, the foreman






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