Mercedes [English translation]

Mercedes is swimming

In the riverbank,

My eyes are watching her,

But she belongs to a friend of mine

I would rather not look at her,

But I am not to blame,

She looks like an emerald

With chupa chupa flowers1.

Warning my friend

That would be very hard for me to do

(x2)

There is a fierce2 alligator

Longer than a block

It has more horns than an stag

And more teeth than 20 white caimans

She, oblivious about everything,

Keeps bathing without realizing

That when she gets to the bend

The alligator can get close to her

And me, I'm alone in the ravine

And Mercedes hasn't noticed me

(x2)

I run back to her home

So that my friend will know

I will tell him a story

And tell him what's happening

That there is a great danger

That her woman is in

That a friend is telling him this

That we have to do something,

That he should go save her soon

And as a "bonus" I will go with him

(x2)

When we got to the pond,

The woman wasn't in sight

The alligator was upside down

Sleeping like a baby

I immediately offered him my condolences

And, hugging him, I say:

This happens all the time,

It's just the way it is,

And that from now on

He can count on a friend.

(x2)

1. http://www.chilebosque.cl/epiv/eccremocarpus_scaber.html2. Literally "cebao" means one who has tasted human flesh and has become addicted to it, so they try to eat as much as they can