Gregorio Cotez


Gregorio Cortez	Mexico City Broadside

Espanol	English
Como decimos, as� es, en mil novecientos uno, el d�a veintid�s de junio fue capturado Cort�s.	As we say, so it is; In nineteen hundred and one, On the Twenty Second of June Cortez was captured.
En junio d�a veintid�s por tel�grafo supieron que a Cort�s lo aprehendieron entre el Sauz y Palafox.	In June, on the twenty-second, By telegraph it was known That Cortez had been apprehended Between El Sauz and Palafox.
Se aprehendi� en Campo de Oveja, de don Abraham de la Garza, �l perdi� toda esperanza, ya en la frontera de Texas.	He was captured in Sheep Camp, Of Don Abraham de la Garza, He lost all hope When he was already on the Texas border.
Que viva nuestra naci�n aunque sufriendo rev�s, Viva, Gregorio Cort�s, que ha honrado su pabell�n.	Long live our country Although suffering setback, Long live Gregorio Cortez, Who has honored his flag.
Murieron tres aprehensores, por falta en determinar, y as� han podido pagar los justos por pecadores.	Three captors died For the lack of discernment, And thus there have paid The just for the sinners.
Todito el R�o Grande estaba, resguardando el litoral, parece que se esperaba, conflicto internacional.	All the Rio Grande Was guarding the shore; It seemed that they were expecting An international conflict.
La madre patria es hogar, que hijo e hija ama, pues M�xico tiene fama, disciplina militar.	The mother country is a home That loves both daughter and son, For Mexico has fame, Military discipline.
Cort�s a Morris mat�, la pistola que sirvi�, por otra luego cambi� a un amigo que encontr�.	Cortez killed Morris; The pistol that was used He exchanged for another With a friend that he met.
Su coche a tiro tom�, toda esta advertencia tuvo, tres millas y media anduvo y all� se ape� y amarr�.	His coach and team [?] he took, He was careful to do all this; He rode three miles and a half And then got down and tied up.
De Am�rica se naci�n, ha sufrido este rev�s, pues nuestro hermano Cort�s ha honrado su pabell�n.	Of America her nation Has suffered this setback, For our brother Cortez Has honored his flag.
Se oyen de Cort�s querellas lament�ndose al Creador, el pabell�n tricolor id�ntico a las estrellas.	From Cortez are heard complaints, Lamenting to the Creator, The tricolor flag, Identical to the stars.
Gregorio Cort�s ven�a de inc�ngnito y lo entregaron, y as� lo determinaron, porque as� les convenia.	Gregorio Cortez was coming In disguise and he was betrayed; Thus it was arranged, Because it was to their interest.
La grande alarma que hoy pasa en San Antonio, Laredo, por el gran furor y miedo, quer�an acabar la raza.	The great alarm that now happens, In San Antonio, Laredo, From the great fury and fear They wanted to exterminate our people.
Lleg� a casa de Robledo, all� con �l convers�, nada de esto les cont�, porque no tuvieron miedo.	He got to Robledo's house, There he conversed with him; He told them nothing of this, So they wouldn't be afraid.
Glover aqu� lo asalt�, descalzo sali� de aqu�, volvio por calzado ahi, y a Glover muerto encontr�.	Glover surprised him here, Barefoot he went out of here; He returned for his shoes And found Glover dead.
A Cort�s llegan con fallos, siendo integro mexicano. Diciendo:-�Cort�s y hermano son ladrones de a caballo?	To Cortez they come with judgments, Being an upright Mexican, Saying, "Cortez and brother Are thieves on horseback?"
�Dios de m� tenga clemencia adi�s, esposa, ay de m�! por cincuenta a�os sal� sentenciado, a penitencia.	May God on me have mercy, Farewell, wife, woe is me! For fifty years I departed, Sentenced to the penitentiary.
As� difundi� su amor, nuestro Redentor Jes�s. Gracias mil, don Pablo Cruz, Editor "DEL REGIDOR".	Thus he diffuse His love, Jesus, our Redeemer; A thousand thanks, Don Pablo Cruz, Editor of El Regidor.
Pablo Cruz se distingui�, como �ntegro mexicano, este prominente hermano que su ayuda me imparti�.	Pablo Cruz distinguished himself As an upright Mexican, This prominent brother Who gave me his help.
Su indulgente Redacci�n y su uni�n confraternal, con su luz intelectual, �l abri� una suscripcion.	His indulgent Staff And his confraternal union, With his intellectual light, He began a subscription.
Participo esta noticia, a gente culta y honrada... los de lista enumerada, la suerte le sea propicia.	I make this news known To cultured and honest people; Those on the numbered list- May fortunate be propitious to them.
�Y aqu� acaba de una vez, la desgracia lamentado!... Aqu� se acaba cantado el Corrido de Gregorio Cort�s.	And here ends at once, This misfortune lamenting!... This is the end of the singing Of the ballad of Gregorio Cortez.

Gregorio Cortez