Luis Martínez Hinojosa - dalszöveg fordítás angol nyelvre

Thursday of Corpus*

• 1. this refers to a paramilitary group called ' Los Halcones' ('The Hawks' who massacred 120 people / student demonstrators).
• 2. the fledglings or younglings = student demonstrators
• 3. going with the theme of 'fledglings', the 'sky' refers to several universities that the students attended at, since it was more than one where strikes were being called out at.
• 4. this line refers to the Tlatelolco massacre of 1969 where the death toll was around 300+ (estimated to have been more) where 'Los Halcones' massacred student demonstrators and student faculty alongside other protestors. The massacre occurred two years prior to 'The Corpus Christi Massacre' (also known as 'El Halconazo') of 1971, which this song is about.
• 5. lit. 'souls that [once] lived/existed were wiped out in the same duration that lightning happens' = basically, in a flash they were wiped out.
• 6. The day of the massacre fell on the day of the Corpus Christi festival.
• 7. lit. 'they bore their beaks'
• 8. By four colors, it means that now there is black (sign of mourning) on the Mexican flag (red, white and green). The author of the song passed away in 2010, so a reference to the 2014 mass kidnapping couldn't have been made. Still, it is an strange coincidence.
• 9. Los Halcones were never brought to justice for the killings they were responsible for because they were under the command of the then Deputy Director of General Services of the Department of the Federal District (Mexico City) Colonel Manuel Díaz Escobar until their disbandment in 1971, a day after the massacre.