Por tu amor, que es mi cruz y mi gloria
El respeto a mí mismo he perdido,
Y a tu entero capricho, rendido
Siempre manso, me has visto ceder.
 
Hoy, no importa por quien he sabido
Que a mi santa viejita has faltado,
Y en mi hombría, feroz, se ha clavado
Como garra tu cruel proceder.
 
Yo solo soy el culpable, de todo lo sucedido
Por haberte consentido, pero aquí se terminó,
Mirame bien a los ojos, pa´que sepás que es de veras
Conmigo harás lo que quieras, pero con mi vieja, ¡No!.
 
A su lao maternal, yo fui un hombre
Y a tu lado llegué a cualquier cosa,
Si del fango te alcé hasta mis cosas
Fue porque ella, sabés, lo pidió.
 
Hoy osás ofender su nobleza
Vos que sólo adorarla debieras,
Si querés que en tus lágrimas crea
Sé mujer y pedile perdón.

English translation

For your love, which is my cross and my glory
My self-respect I have lost,
And to thy whole caprice, surrendered.
Ever meek, thou hast seen me yield.
 
Today, no matter by whom I have known
That to my holy old lady thou hast failed,
And in my manhood, fierce, has been nailed
Like a claw, your cruel way of proceeding.
 
I alone am to blame, for all that has happened
For having spoiled you, but here it's over,
Look me straight in the eyes, so that you know that it's for real.
With me you'll do what you want, but not with my old lady!
 
At her maternal side, I was a man
And by your side I got to anything,
If from the mire I lifted you up to my things
It was because she, you know, asked for it.
 
Today you dare to offend her nobility
You who should only adore her,
If you want me to believe in your tears
Be a woman and ask her forgiveness.