Paroles et traduction Carlos y José - Otilo Betancourt

Otilo Betancourt

Que sirvan copas de vino, para brindar por su salud,
Y cantarles un corrido, el de Otlio Betancourt

Nunca echaran al olvido, amigos y familiares
Que Otilio fue hombre reconocido, por diferentes lugares
El Barretal fue testigo, peleo con 5 rivales

Año del 79, doce de agosto corría,
Un baile había terminado, la gente no lo creía
Con un balazo certero, y aquel valiente moría

Clavaron a cruz del palo, es símbolo campesino
Así quedo de recuerdo, en su tablero querido
Con estas letras que dicen: Aquí mataron a Otilio

Dos mujeres enlutadas, van a un panteón de un ejido
Palomas que andan volando, no hayan calor en el nido
Su caballo anda muy triste, por la rivera del río

Como buen tamaulipeco, vivió labrando la tierra,
Portaba en su buen caballo, machete de cinta entera
Por defender a un amigo, peleaba como una fiera

Los mato Román Quintero, dicen que fue su pariente,
Pero lo que si le digo, señores tengan presente,
Que en las manos de un cobarde, siempre se muere un valiente

Otilo Betancourt

Let us serve glasses of wine, to toast for her health,
And sing her a corrido, that of Otlio Betancourt

Friends and family will never forget,
That Otilio was a man renowned, in different places
The Barretal was a witness, he fought with 5 rivals

Year of 79, the twelfth of August was running,
A dance had ended, people couldn't believe it
With a precise gunshot, that brave man died

They nailed him to a wooden cross, a symbol of the countryside
That's how he was left as a memory, on his beloved dashboard
With these words that say: Here they killed Otilio

Two women in mourning, go to a graveyard in a village
Doves that fly around, find no warmth in the nest
His horse walks very sadly, by the riverside

As a good man from Tamaulipas, he lived working the land,
He carried on his good horse, a full-length machete
To defend a friend, he fought like a beast

Román Quintero killed him, they say he was his relative,
But what I do tell you, ladies and gentlemen, keep in mind,
That in the hands of a coward, a brave man always dies