Jacinto Chiclana

I remember, it was in Balvanera
On a distant night
That someone dropped the name
Of a certain Jacinto Chiclana
Something was also said
About a corner and a knife
The years don't reveal
The tangle and the shine

Who knows for what reason
That name is seeking me!
I would like to know
What that man was like
I see him tall and upright
With a measured soul
Capable of not raising his voice
And risking his life

No one with a firmer step
Will have walked the earth
No one will have been like him
In love and in war
Over the orchard and the courtyard
The towers of Balvanera
And that casual death
On any corner

Only God can know
The true nature of that man
Gentlemen, I am singing
What is encrypted in the name
Courage is always better
Hope is never in vain
So, let this milonga go
For Jacinto Chiclana