Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Lamberto Quintero by Antonio Aguilar from Spanish to English.
Un día veintiocho de enero
One day, January twenty-eighth
Como me hiere esa fecha
How that date hurts me
A don Lamberto Quintero
To Don Lamberto Quintero
Lo seguía una camioneta
A truck was following him
Iban con rumbo al Salado
They were heading to El Salado
No más a dar una vuelta
Just to take a ride
Pasaron el Carrizal
They passed Carrizal
Iban tomando cerveza
They were drinking beer
Su compañero le dijo
His companion said to him
Nos sigue una camioneta
We're being followed by a truck
Lamberto sonriendo dijo
Lamberto smiled and said
Para que son las metralletas
What are the machine guns for?
Ya cerquita del Salado
Close to El Salado
Rugieron dos R-15
Two R-15s roared
Ahí dejaron a un muerto
There they left a dead man
Enemigo de Lamberto
An enemy of Lamberto's
Quisieran que fuera cuento
They wish it was a story
Pero señores es cierto
But gentlemen, it's true
Un hombre fuera de serie
An extraordinary man
Alegre y enamorado
Happy and in love
Platicando con su novia
Talking with his girlfriend
El estaba descuidado
He was careless
Cuando unas balas certeras
When accurate bullets
La vida le arrebataron
Took his life away
Clínica Santa María
Santa Maria Clinic
Tú vas a ser mi testigo
You will be my witness
Dos días después de su muerte
Two days after his death
Vuelven a sonar los tiros
Gunshots are heard again
Ahí quedaron diez hombres
Ten men were left there
Por esos mismos motivos
For the same reasons
Puente que va a tierra blanca
Bridge that leads to Tierra Blanca
Tú que lo viste pasar
You who saw him pass by
Recuérdales que a Lamberto
Remind them that Lamberto
Nunca se podrá olvidar
Will never be forgotten
Yo por mi parte aseguro
As for me, I assure you
Que hace falta en Culiacán
That Culiacán is missing him
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