| Ya salió mi caporal |
| Con su chicote en la mano |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| Se parece al mal ladrón |
| Capitán de bandoleros |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| Yo me corté con la hoz |
| Ya me sale mucha sangre |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| No es la sangre que me sale |
| Sino que me mata el hambre |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| Zancudito me picó |
| (salamanqueja me mordió) |
| Malhaya sea ese zancudo |
| (malhaya sea que me pico) |
| Zancudito por aquí |
| (zancudito por allá) |
| Malhaya sea este zancudo (malhaya sea que me picó) |
| Que me picó, que me picó |
| (en la punta el corazón) |
| English: |
| Here comes the slavedriver |
| With a whip in his hand |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| He looks like a thief |
| Captain of bandits |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| I’ve cut myself with a sickle |
| And I’m bleeding profusely |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| It’s not blood that pours out of me |
| It’s the hunger that’s killing me |
| Panalivio malivio san |
| The mosquito stung me |
| (the salamander bit me) |
| Cursed be that mosquito |
| (cursed for biting me) |
| Mosquito over here |
| (mosquito over there) |
| Cursed be that mosquito (cursed for biting me) |
| It stung me |
| (on the tip of my heart) |