El ojo de vidrio [English translation]

(Here goes the story

of an old dark (dark skin colour) big bearded guy

named Porfirio,

nicknamed the Eye of Glass)

I am going to sing you a corrido (narrative song)

of the robber of roads (paths)

whose name was Porfirio

They called him "Eye of Glass"

He did not care being one-eyed

because he never failed a shot

(He shot, that low class guy(?)* and he never failed)

He disguised himself as a muleteer

so he could rob the towns.

Mocking the government,

He would kill many soldiers

He would leave the mountains (hills)

full of people in only their underwear**

Here comes the Eye of Glass!!

shouted the scared town

And he searched for the women

looking everywhere

He left entire towns

full of hanging (hanged) people.

(He left a string of old guys

that looked like hangers

full of guachales***,

there they would sunbathed until Lent)

After so many exploits

seeing as he traveled

in his dappled horse

in front the Square of Arms

they riddle him with shots

without nothing happening to him

They say that he was lined

with a netted vest (bullet proof vest)

The bullets bounced off

while he laughed

He left peacefully on horseback

without anybody disturbing him

Three peasants came down

from over the hidden mountain(hill)

They brought the Eye of Glass

stung by a rattlesnake

He already came dead

with his dappled horse.

• Artist:Antonio Aguilar