Orejano

I know they have an idea of me in the payment
Because I don't bow down to those in charge
Because by disregarding others' footprints
I know how to make my way to go wherever I want

Because they haven't seen me licking the yoke
Not sniffing around to make a peso
And they know for sure that I'm tough in the mouth
And no mule bit can hold me back

Because when I have to sing truths
I sing them straight up, like a man
Even if those truths show ugliness
No one believed there were worms

Because to the rich man with covered kidneys
For whom no laws apply, no commissioner
I treat him the same as one who only has
A cloth to cover his backside
Because I'm not filled with four lies
By the big shots who come from the town
To praise devalued currencies
And make promises they never kept

Because when I brought my woman to the ranch
I forgot there are judges to perform weddings
And that no woman is worth more
If her man hasn't paid for her

Because even if I don't have a penny to my name
I'm richer than those who expand their fields
By paying with feasts of dried-up tombs
To the poor laborer who works himself to exhaustion

That's why they have an idea of me in the payment
Because a quebracho tree obstructs the ceibos
Because they've all been branded
And envy seeing me as a free spirit

And what do I care, I'm wild and free
I don't follow leaders or get tangled in laws
And I go through the clear paths of my own will
And I don't need anyone to make me a veteran