Ya Eran Las Cinco De La Tarde
Victor Manuel
It Was Already Five O'Clock in the Afternoon
It was already five in the afternoon
when the bull faced him
an April sun bathed in blood
the horizon was painted with color
took the killing tools
looked at that sky and started walking
as if he was going to be executed
from the stands they whistled at him
then
There in the middle he stood
turned around and offered us the massacre
Bull don't look me in the eyes
bull not even at the silver and gold profile
I will put a scapular
of the Virgin Macarena if I finish this task
It was already five in the afternoon when the bull
faced him
It was already five in the afternoon
when the bull predicted his future
a bugle sounded and in that moment
he saw himself dead, without ears
without value
a voice came from the alley
some cape tempted him
t he whole plaza was a clamor
when between sun and shade he walked
he approached the oxen
and vanished on a dusty background
Bull don't look me in the eyes
bull or at the silver and gold profile
I will put a scapular of the Virgin Macarena
if I finish this task
It was already five in the afternoon when the bull
predicted his future
