El matador [English translation]

They call me the Matador, I was born in Barracas

If we talk about killing, my words kill

It hasn't been that long since Santillan The Lion fell

And I know that at any moment, I will be next

Mah Matador... Mah Matador... Where are you, Matador...?

Mah Matador... Mah Matador

They call me the Matador, they're looking for me

I'm waiting for them on a cold motel

Crouching in the darkness in my room

A rifle in my hand, I wait for my end

Mah Matador... Mah Matador...

Mah Matador... Mah Matador

The cops are looking for you, Matador

The cops are catching up with you, Matador

Hey! Hey!

Matador! Matador!

Matador!

Where are you, Matador?

Matador! Matador!

Matador!

Don't leave, Matador!

Matador!

Oh, yeah!

Matador! Matador!

Winds of freedom, belligerent blood

In the pockets of the people, the old wound

Suddenly, the day turns into the night on me

Whispers, steps and a bang on the door

The police bloc has arrived

Mah Matador... Mah Matador...

Look, brother, where you ended up

for fighting for a better world

What's that sound? They're bullets,

they reach me, they catch me, resist,

Victor Jara is not silent

Matador! Matador! Matador, they're looking for you!

Matador! Matador! Matador, they're killing you!

Matador! Oh yeah!

Matador! Matador! Brave Matador!

They call me the Matador of the port's one hundred boroughs

I don't have to be afraid, my words are bullets

Bullets of peace, Bullets of justice

I'm the voice of those who were silenced without reason

Just due to the fact that they thought differently, oh God!

Holy Mary of Buenos Aires, if everything was okay

Matador! Matador! Where are you going, Matador!

Matador! Matador! Oh yeah!

Matador! Matador!

Notes:

* "Matador" is a term used to refer to a bullfighter, used in this case pejoratively by the Establishment to label the subject of the song as an indiscriminate killer. This implies that he's being unjustly framed for being a leader, or he killed an important figure, or he killed policemen. As such, the police is being sent to retaliate against him.

* "Cana" is a colloquialism that can either refer to jail, or to the police; the latter is used in this case.

* Victor Jara was a Chilean singer and left-wing social leader who was assassinated during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

* The port's one hundred boroughs refers to the Port of Buenos Aires at the La Plata River. People from Buenos Aires are often referred to as "Porteños (Portsmen).