Jacinto Trevino


Jacinto Treviño	As Written By Paredes ^<W91>

Espanol	English
Ya con ésta van tres veces Que se ha visto lo bonito, La primera fue en Macalen, En Brónsvil y en San Benito.	With this it will be three times that remarkable things have happened, the first time in McAllen, then in Brownsville and San Benito.
Y en la cantina de Bekar Se agarraron a balazos, Por dondequiera saltaban Botellas hechas pedazos.	They had a shootout at Baker's saloon; broken bottles were popping all over the place.
Esa cantina de Bekar Al momento quedó sola, Nomas Jacinto Treviño De carabina y pistola.	Baker's saloon was immediately deserted; only Jacinto Treviño remained, with his rifle and his pistol.
-Entrenle, rinches cobardes, que el pleito no es con un niño, querían conocer se padre, !yo soy Jacinto Treviño!	"Come on you cowardly rinches, you're not playing with a child. You wanted to meet your father? I am Jacinto Treviño!
-Entrenle, rinches cobardes, validos de la ocasión, no van a comer pan blanco con tajadas de jamón.-	"Come on you cowardly rinches, you always like to take the advantage; this is not like eating white bread with slices of ham."
Decía el Rinche Mayor, como era un americano: -¡Ah, que Jacinto tan hombre, no niega el ser mexicano!-	The chief of the rinches said, even though he was an American, "Ah, what a brave man is Jacinto; you can see he is a Mexican!"
Decía Jacinto Treviño que se moría de la risa: - A mí me hacen los ojales, los puños de la camisa.-	Then said Jacinto Treviño, who was dying of laughter, "All you're good for is to make the buttonholes and the cuffs on my shirt."
Decía Jacinto Treviño, abrochándose un zapato: -Aquí traigo más cartuchos pa' divertirnos un rato.-	Then Jacinto Treviño, as he was tying his shoe, " I have more cartridges here, so we can amuse ourselves a while."
Decía Jacinto Treviño, con su pistola en la mano: -No corran, rinches cobardes, con un solo mexicano.-	Then said Jacinto Treviño, with his pistol in his hand, "Don't run you cowardly rinches, from a single Mexican."
Decía Jacinto Treviño: -Yo ya me me vo' a retirar, me voy para Rio Grande y allá los voy a esperar.-	Then said Jacinto Treviño, "I am going to retire. I am going to the Rio Grande city, and I will wait for you there."
Decía Jacinto Treviño, al bajar una bajada: -¡Ay, qué rinches tan cobardes, que no me haigan hecho nada!-	Then said Jacinto Treviño, as he came down an incline, "Ah, what a cowardly bunch of rinches; they didn't do anything to me!"
Decía Jacinto Treviño, andando en Nuevo Laredo: -Yo soy Jacinto Treviño, nacido en Montemorelos.-	Then said Jacinto Treviño, when he was in Nuevo Laredo, "I am Jacinto Treviño, born in Montemorelos."
Ya con ésta me despido aquí a presencia de todos, yo soy Jacinto Treviño, vecino de Matamoros.	Now with I say farewell, here in everybody's presence; I am Jacinto Treviño, a citizen of Matamoros.

Jacinto Treviño