Jade y oro [English translation]

Even if it's jade...(it cracks)

even if it's gold..(it breaks)

even if it's the plumage of a quetzal (it tears)

Even if you were jade (you crack)

even if you were gold (you break)

to the land of the dead1 you will go.

We'll have to disappear (no one must be left)

Not forever on earth (we're only here for briefly).2

1. also referred to as 'Ximoayan, Mictlan, Chicunauhmictlan', the first two mean 'land of the fleshless', basically the underworld or hell.2. Only for a time were remain here on earth, we're not here forever.