Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Los 500 Novillos by La Zenda Norteña from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Con la fuerte novillada
with the strong bullfight
Ay que trabajos pasamos
Oh what work we went through
En aquella gran llanada
In that great plain
Eran quinientos novillos
They were five hundred steers
Todititos muy livianos
Very light toditos
No los pudimos parar
we couldn't stop them
Entre veinte americanos
among twenty americans
En la hacienda del Pirul
At the Pirul hacienda
Se soltó un toro bragado
A bragado bull was released
El caporal lo lazó
The foreman lassoed him
En su caballo El Venado
On his horse El Venado
Y cuida'o con esos caballos muchachos
And take care of those horses boys
Y que se oiga bonito mi Energía Norteña
And let my Northern Energy sound beautiful
La mamá de un vaquero
A cowboy's mom
Le pregunta al caporal
he asks the foreman
Que razón me da de mi hijo
What reason does it give me of my son
Que no lo he visto llegar
that I have not seen it arrive
Señora si le dijera
ma'am if i told you
Se pusiera usted a llorar
would you start crying
A su hijo lo mató un toro
His son was killed by a bull
En las trancas de un corral
In the bars of a corral
Ya con esta me despido
With this I say goodbye
Ya no tengo qué cantar
I don't have to sing anymore
Estos versos los compuso
These verses he composed
Elibario el caporal
Elibario the foreman
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