Ave De Mal Agüero Lyrics in English Alfredo Olivas

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ave De Mal Agüero by Alfredo Olivas from Spanish to English.

I've never considered myself a bird of ill omen

But that dog dies tomorrow

He said some things that he shouldn't have said

It reached my ears and now he's on the list of the doomed

The uncertainty was driving me crazy

It was eating me up bit by bit and even stealing my speech

Today that I have everything clear, where, when, and also how

He'll be short on back when I introduce him to the board

What he did isn't done, in fact it doesn't even have a name

I'm going to teach him to respect, I'm going to make him a man

When I have him in my claws, it'll be his lucky day

He'll leave with expenses paid

To meet death

Sometimes I get bitter and sometimes I savor it

When I fantasize that I jab that pharisee in the ribs

With the tip of my rifle, tied hand and foot

After those stabs he'll go on to turn into a seed

Into a seed that no longer sprouts

Not with a flood nor with an irrigating jab

And I'm not even going to bother giving him dirt

So that the coyotes and the vultures can have a banquet

What he did isn't done and he did it anyway

I didn't want to stain my boots and today I'll fill them with mud

Let's see if he can take my claws when they rip out his soul

And like a bird of ill omen

I'll eat him calmly

And they say that every Alpha has its Omega

And today it's my turn to be both judge and party

Divine justice comes because it comes

And what I have in mind is simply art

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SONG MEANING

Ave De Mal Agüero paints a raw, cinematic picture of revenge in the style of a modern Mexican corrido. The narrator begins by insisting he is not normally a harbinger of doom, yet someone’s careless words have signed their own death warrant. As the verses unfold, we hear his inner monologue shift from simmering frustration to icy certainty: he now knows where, when, and how the traitor will pay. Vivid images of rifles, vultures, and muddy boots create a western-like atmosphere where nature itself seems to conspire with him, turning the coming execution into a harsh ritual of “divine justice.”

Beneath the violent storytelling lies a cautionary tale about the steep price of betrayal and gossip. By calling himself an “ave de mal agüero” only at the end, the singer admits he will embrace the role of ill omen to restore respect and balance. In other words: speak carelessly, and you might summon more than angry words—you might summon the very embodiment of poetic, merciless justice. The song’s intensity, dark humor, and vivid rural imagery make it a gripping study of honor, retribution, and the thin line between man and beast.

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Alfredo Olivas Ave De Mal Agüero Lyrics