El Corralero
Horacio Guarany
Lyrics
Translation
Esta enfermo el corralero
The corralero is sick
Allá en el potrero
Out there in the pasture
Como viejo está
He's aged
Hay que ayudarlo a que muera
We must help him to die
Para que no sufra más
So he doesn't suffer anymore
Siempre fuiste el más certero
You were always the most accurate
Y por eso debes su mal aliviar
And for that, you must alleviate his suffering
Como pretenden que yo
How do they expect me
Que lo crié de potrillo
Who raised him from a colt
Clave en su pecho un cuchillo
To drive a knife into his chest
Porque el patrón lo ordenó
Just because the boss ordered it
Déjelo no más pastar
Let him graze as he is
No rechace mi consejo
Don't reject my advice
Que yo lo voy a enterrar
Because I will bury him
Cuando se muera de viejo
When he dies of old age
Junto al estero del bajo
Next to the stream down below
Lo encontré rendido
I found him exhausted
Casi al expirar
Almost breathing his last
Me acerqué muy lentamente
I approached very slowly
Y se lo quise explicar
And tried to explain it to him
Pero al verlo resignado
But seeing him resigned
Me tembló la mano
My hand trembled
Y me puse a llorar
And I started to cry
Como pretenden que yo
How do they expect me
Que lo crié de potrillo
Who raised him from a colt
Clave en su pecho un cuchillo
To drive a knife into his chest
Porque el patrón lo ordenó
Just because the boss ordered it
Déjelo no más pastar
Let him graze as he is
No rechace mi consejo
Don't reject my advice
Que yo lo voy a enterrar
Because I will bury him
Cuando se muera de viejo
When he dies of old age