| Oye martin
| hey martin
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| que pasó?,
| What happened?,
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| nos hechamos una manita de pokar,
| we made a hand of pokar,
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| ps si pa' eso me andas buscando
| ps yes you're looking for that for me
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| ps vamoles entrando.
| ps let's go in.
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| Martin Estrada Contreras
| Martin Estrada Contreras
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| un tahur profesional
| a professional gambler
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| lo respectaba la gente
| people respected him
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| por que jugaba legal
| because he played legal
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| era pa' todos derecho
| he was for everyone right
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| sabía perder o ganar
| knew how to lose or win
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| pero una joven hermosa
| but a beautiful young woman
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| le llegó al corazón
| she touched his heart
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| él la convierte en su esposa
| he makes her his wife
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| ante el altar del señor
| before the altar of the Lord
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| el para él una rosa
| he for him a rose
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| de su jardín, linda flor.
| of his garden of him, beautiful flower.
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| al pueblo llegó un fuerano
| an outsider came to town
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| que a martin vino a buscar
| that martin came looking for
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| pero martin perdió todo
| but martin lost everything
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| ya no tenía que apostar
| he no longer had to bet
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| si quieres mirar mis cartas
| if you want to look at my letters
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| tiene que pagar por ver
| he has to pay to see
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| martin contesta sereno:
| Martin answers calmly:
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| «te apostaré a mi mujer»
| “I will bet you on my wife”
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| tenía una mano segura
| he had a sure hand
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| sabía que no iba a perder
| he knew he wasn't going to lose
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| se destaparon «4 ases»
| “4 aces” were uncovered
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| se sintió martin morir
| felt martin die
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| del juego así son las leyes
| of the game that's how the laws are
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| hay que aprender a sufrir
| you have to learn to suffer
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| tenia un pokar de reyes
| I had a poker of kings
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| no habia ni que discutir.
| there was no need to discuss.
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| martin salió como un rayo
| martin came out like a bolt
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| y en dos horas regresó
| and in two hours he came back
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| su esposa iba a su lado
| his wife was by his side
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| todo en silencio quedó
| everything was silent
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| «pa' mi las deudas de juego
| «for me the gambling debts
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| son siempre deudas de honor
| they are always debts of honor
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| te entrego lo que más quiero
| I give you what I love most
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| pero te la entrego muerta
| but I give it to you dead
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| aunque me destroza el alma
| although it destroys my soul
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| de sentimiento y dolor»
| of feeling and pain»
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| se oyeron dos «fogonazos»
| two flashes were heard
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| de 2 balas expansivas
| of 2 expanding bullets
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| primero mató a su amada
| first he killed his beloved
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| despues se quitó la vida. | then he took his own life. |