[124] se provee de los vicios. He supplies himself with tobacco and mate. In the simple life of the gaucho, tobacco and mate are luxuries, vices (!).
[125] entra en baile con su pareja, confúndese en las mudanzas del cielito, joins in the dance with his partner, mingles with the others in the steps of the cielito.
[126] su morada sin limites, i.e., los cardales, the thistle fields of the pampa.
[127] en la provincia, i.e., in whichever province the gaucho malo may be living, or better, roving.
[128] Si no se le pide, If he is not asked.
[129] a menos que él lo solicite. Él refers to alguno; lo, to acercársele; trans., unless the traveler wishes the gaucho to approach him.
[130] valiente Rauch, popular hero and gaucho leader; comparable to Custer in American history.
[131] catástrofe de Facundo. Reference to the assassination of this rival of Rosas. He was murdered by the outlaw gaucho Santos Pérez at the instigation of Rosas. His death was a favorite theme of the cantores.
[132] el infeliz, a term of mild contempt, the poor fellow.
[133] de lo que tiene sobre su cabeza, i.e., the cultured city element.