Adivina, adivinanza [English translation]

A thousand years he took to die,

but finally he died.

The deads of the graveyard

are in great celebration.

Surely he's in heaven

on the right of God.

Guess the riddle if you can,

listen please.

To his countryman burial

went Napoleon,

Torquemada1, and the horse

of the Noble Cid Campeador;

Marcelino with a headshot

scoring a goal to Russia, 2

the cunt of Bernarda 3

and a Leon dentist;

And Celia Gamez 4, Manolete, 5

Saint Isidore the Laborer,

an the unknown soldier

who nobody ever met;

Saint Teresa was giving

her Incorrupt Hand 6

to Pelagius 7who couldn't

resist the bad smell.

The Marquis that you know 8

was very well dressed up,

with his uniform

of the Holy Inquisition.

Bernabeú 9was lighting cigars

with a million pesetas banknotes,

and the Infant Jesus of Prague 10

wearing First Communion clothing.

A thousand five hundred twelve nuns

requesting with devotion

to the holy Pope of Rome

his early canonization.

And an inaugurated swamp

of the Plan Badajoz 11

And the KKK who didn't came

but it sent a backing.

And also Rita la cantaora, 12

Christopher Columbus,

and a stuffed tit

of Agustina de Aragón. 13

The tuna 14 of Compostela

was closing the procession

singing with ten voices

"Clavelitos de mi corazon". 15

Saint José María Pemán 16

recited some verses,

Perico Chicote 17 was serving

glasses of spanish wine.

Never any gravedigger

met such high honor

of giving a burial to who was

the greatest gravedigger

That day in hell

there was a great excitement,

bored stiffs and executed

were dancing all day long.

Seven days and seven nights

lasted the celebration,

in leagues around

the champagne ran out.

Warriors of Brunete,18

farmhands of Castellon,

the ones of the outside exile

and the ones of the inner exile

were celebrating the victory

that history stole from them.

More than joy, their feeling

was desperation.

As you have guessed,

the lady and the gentleman,

the last names of the dead

I'm talking about, 19

well that's all folks,

just like it started,

guess the riddle if you can,

my song ends,

my song ends.

1. Tomas de Torquemada, the first Grand Inquisitor2. Marcelino Martínez Cao,

Spanish football player. Thanks to his goal against the USSR in the finals of the 1964 European Nations' Cup, the spanish team won that tournament.3. An expression for meaning a mess4. Argentinian actress and singer with great success during the early days of the Franquismo5. Famous bullfighter6. Saint Teresa of Ávila, Spanish Carmelite nun in the 16th century. Franco used to keep her incorrupt hand by his bed7. Pelagius of Asturias, founder of the Kingdom of Asturias and starter of the Reconquista8. Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, Marquis of Villaverde, Franco's son-in-law.9. Santiago Bernabeu. President of the Real Madrid10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Prague11. A plan for improving the agriculture in the Badajoz province.12. Flamenco singer in the early 20th century. Today it is named the same way as Perry Mason, to show that nobody will do a job.13. Spanish heroine who defended Spain during the Spanish War of Independence14. a group of university students in traditional university dress who play traditional instruments and sing serenades https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna_(music)15. A serenade song16. Spanish journalist, poet, novelist, essayist, and right-wing intellectual.17. Famous barman in Madrid18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brunete 19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco