El Zapatista

Long live Emiliano Zapata!

Friends from the cities
Of my beloved Mexico
Listen to this ballad
Of sacrifice and love

My father was a land reformer
And a brave Zapatista
Who risked his life
Like a true great lord

He divided the land
And rose up in arms
To leave his children
The land he loved so much

My general Emiliano Zapata, present!

Leaving his love affairs behind
He fought against Argumedo
When Victoriano Huerta
Assassinated Madero

His desire was fulfilled
Because in a bloody battle
That stray bullet
Ended his life

His blood soaked the land
For the good of the peasant
Shouting: Long live Zapata!
To die would be his fate