El Día Que Artigas Se Emborrachó
El Cuarteto de Nos
The Day Artigas Got Drunk
"My authority is the sister of you all
and she bows before my sovereign presence"
The day Artigas got drunk
he did any shit like a good lord
but as no book ever told it
that's why now I grab and tell you.
With his tongue tied, the general explained
which colors he would use on his flag:
"white and red in honor of the wine I drank,
and blue for the hangover I got afterwards".
He got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
"We arrived at Ayuí with the Eastern exodus"
he shouted making S's our general
and a countryman warned him "but you're wasted,
this is not Ayuí, can't you see it's Miguelete".
He reached Hervidero and before stumbling
he asked what time the Banda Oriental played
he took a bicarbonate that he later burped
and he named that town Purificación.
He got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
That day he left about ten pregnant women
he married his cousin who was a bit slow
he told Posadas "grab her, she's growing on me",
and he vomited on the instructions of year thirteen.
Drunk to the bone, he said "I like that Chinese"
and it was actually none other than Negro Ansina,
he fought Lavalleja who tried to explain to him
but the hangover only left him in Paraguay.
He got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
"Whiskey for the defeated!"
