A Spanish phrase on an old sword.
A friend showed me an old sword with a phrase in Spanish engraved on the blade. No one we know can make any sense out of the phrase. Here's the phrase, all but the last word which is really hard to make out. Upper case letters appear in the phrase exactly as I will type them.
Soy un Pobra Ranchero que los anos me Tumban pero en la punta del Sombero nomas tus Balas me
The "nomas" appears as one word.
The last word appears to be Sumban plus possibly one more letter. There could be a dash between the m and the b [Sum-ban?]]
Can anyone make good sense out of the phrase?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Charles Stanley
5 Answers
Soy un Pobre Ranchero que los años me tumban, pero en la punta del sombrero nomás tus balas me zumban
zumbar = It means to make a kind of noise.
Used in a phrase with balas (bullets) means that the bullets do not hit him, but he can hear the noice made by the bullets passing by close enough.
I am a poor/humble ranchero, old enough to fall down for myself, but your bullets just buzz over the tip of my hat.
That sentence is made to sound ironical, like a mockery. "I can be an old man, but you can not hurt me".
Gracias a todos ustedes mucho.
Aprecio su ayuda.
Chuck1931
Something like "I'm a poor farmer and years (age) put me down but on the top of my hat only your bullets shoot past. I guess it intends to be a funny phrase about being brave.
Soy un Pobra Ranchero que los anos me Tumban pero en la punta del Sombero nomás tus Balas me
I am a poor rancher, the years are taking me down (tumban --- tumbar = to knock down) but at the tip of my hat your bullets (just = nomás)
"...nomas tus balas me zumban" (?) Your bullets just zoom (buzz) by.
(Your bullets won't make their mark)
Combine with Robertico's and you may have it...
