Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Eleazar Del Fierro by Beto Quintanilla from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
1950 el mes de agosto corría
1950 the month of August ran
día murió ideas tarde entierro lo mató
day died ideas late burial killed him
vinieron de matamoros
they came from matamoros
pérez daría malicia va que lo querían
Pérez would give malice, they wanted him
eleazar ya había dicho antes de hacerse
eleazar had already said before becoming
primero me matarán de quitarme la
first they will kill me to take my
juan osuna se llamaba aquel cantar
Juan Osuna was called that song
ahora solo mando con una ametralladora
Now I only command with a machine gun
eleazar al verse herido se rió de lo que
Eleazar, seeing himself injured, laughed at what
habían hecho
they had done
así son hombres habían de entrar por
That's how they are men, they had to enter through
cuán sabían que por derecho no le podían
How did they know that by right they could not
porque de azar era un hombre que no
because by chance he was a man who didn't
conocía el miedo
knew the fear
después de la balacera de aquí y ahora
after the shooting here and now
y a su alma puedes cantar con la
and to his soul you can sing with the
justicia de dios
God's justice
águila real que volaste no te canses de
golden eagle that you flew don't get tired of
analizar a la piedra que mataron
analyze the stone that they killed
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