La Rubia Moreno

(Zamba)

Blonde Moreno, country storekeeper
in red skirt, headband, and dagger.
There was no traveler who didn't mention you
along the ancient royal road.

Amidst the roaring, sweet clamor
only her voice was heard commanding.
Her eyes were like two Nazarenes
fierce spurs in her gaze.

Chorus

Blonde Moreno guards my town
on the banks of the native river.
Your heroic name as a figure,
as a figure of royal stamp.

Next to the ford, your friendly ranch
raised its flag to the sky.
Through the tracks of the four winds
came the alert of a bugle.

Did you have loves?..., did you have jealousy?...
Blonde storekeeper without a heart.
You were fiercer than the lionesses
of the reeds of Albardon.