Los zapatos de hierro / The Iron Shoes

Pues señor (well, sir), érase una vez un joven cordobés (once upon a time there was a young man /from/ Cordoba), llamado Luis (called Luis), que se encontró una noche en una posada con un caballero desconocido (who one night met with a strange gentleman at an inn; encontrarse con — to encounter; conocer — to meet, know; desconocer — not to know) que se hacía llamar el Marqués del Sol (who called himself: "who had himself called" the Marquis of the Sun).

Pusiéronse a jugar a cartas (/they/ sat down to play cards; ponerse — to set to do something) y el forastero ganó sin cesar (and the stranger won all the time: "without stopping"), mientras que Luis (while Luis), ansioso de tomar el desquite (eager to get his own back; desquitem — revenge), perdía onza a onza toda su fortuna (coin by coin lost all his fortune: "ounce by ounce"; perder).