Es el apache argentino
el tipo fiel de una raza
que se echa'e ver por su traza
la astucia de su valor.
¡Y ay de aquél que se atreviera
a hacer de su amor ultraje!,
ha de vengar con coraje
la chinita de su amor

Astuto, altivo y muy valiente
siempre ha sido
si es que le sale algún rival
y sabe jugar la vida
por medio de su puñal.
Jamás peleó desprevenido
porque como hombre que fue acción
defiéndese como bravo
y no lo asusta ni lo arredra
ni un canfinfle ni un matón.

Es el ser desheredado
de la fortuna, si tiene
y el que por riqueza tiene
muy noble su corazón.
Es blanco de la tortura
de la mano justiciera
y tiene en su alma altanera

English translation

It is the Argentine Apache
the faithful type of a race
that can be seen in his appearance
the cunning of his courage.
And woe to him who would dare
to make an outrage of his love!
he must avenge with courage
the chinita of his love

Cunning, haughty and very brave
he has always been
if any rival comes to him
and knows how to play for his life
by means of his dagger.
He never fought unprepared
because as a man who was action
he defends himself like a brave man
and he is not frightened or frightened by
neither a canfinfle nor a bully.

It is the being disinherited
of fortune, if he has
and he who for wealth has
very noble of heart.
He is the target of torture
of the just hand
and has in his haughty soul