El Espinazo Del Diablo

De allá de la Sierra Madre

From there, from the Sierra Madre

allá donde ruge el diablo

where the devil roars

muchos dicen que es el aire

many say it's the air

pero no sea comprobado.

but it hasn't been proven.

Salio don Manuel Moreno

Don Manuel Moreno left

a la sierra de Durango

to the Sierra de Durango

iba siguiendo una beta

following a vein

que dicen que era de uranio.

they say was uranium.

En una de las vertientes

In one of the slopes

del espinazo del diablo

of the devil's backbone

Moreno encontró la beta

Moreno found the vein

que era su sueño dorado.

that was his golden dream.

Bajo a registrar su mina

He went down to register his mine

a la ciudad de Durango

in the city of Durango

no sabia que ya su vida

he didn't know that his life

valía menos que un centavo

was worth less than a penny

porque unos cuervos logreros

because some greedy crows

iban a querer robarlo.

were going to try to steal from him.

Un coronel descompuesto

A decomposed colonel

gritaba vuto al infierno

shouted, "Go to hell!"

no comprendes que el uranio

Don't you understand that uranium

es propiedad del gobierno.

belongs to the government?

Moreno le contesto

Moreno replied

con su carácter sereno

with his calm demeanor

sabes que para encontrarlo

you know that to find it

yo he atravesado el infierno.

I have crossed hell.

Ahí comenzó su martirio

That's when his martyrdom began

porque hasta sus pies ardieron

because even his feet burned

pero esa mina señores

but that mine, gentlemen

jamás será del gobierno.

will never be the government's.

Con un morral de bombillos

With a bag of light bulbs

voló al coronel Medina

he blew up Colonel Medina

pero para conseguirlo

but to achieve it

tuvo que ofrendar su vida

he had to offer his life

con el se llevo el secreto

with him, he took the secret

de la codiciada mina.

of the coveted mine.