| Un preso canto una tarde una muy triste canción
| A prisoner sang a very sad song one afternoon
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| Si mis padres me vivieran no estaría aquí en prisión
| If my parents lived I would not be here in prison
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| Si por mi hubieran hablado me hecharian su bendición
| If they had spoken for me, they would give me their blessing
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| Para el huérfano no hay sol todos quieren ser el padre
| For the orphan there is no sun everyone wants to be the father
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| Primos parientes y hermanos se avergüenzan de mi sangre
| Cousins relatives and brothers are ashamed of my blood
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| Y a cada paso que doy son recuerdos de mi madre
| And every step I take are memories of my mother
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| Cuando yo me emborrachaba mi madre me iba a buscar
| When I got drunk my mother went to look for me
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| Donde quiera que me hallaba triste se ponía a llorar
| Wherever she found me sad she would cry
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| Y si algo me pasaba ella me iba a consolar
| And if something happened to me she would comfort me
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| Recuerdo que me decía cuando se ponía a llorar
| I remember her telling me when she started to cry
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| Amor de la vida mía no te vayas a tardar
| Love of my life, don't be late
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| Que yo temo que algún día no me vayas a encontrar
| That I fear that one day you will not find me
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| Pobrecita de mi madre con que lastima murió
| Poor little my mother with whom she hurts she died
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| Dormidita se quedó en un sueño más profundo
| Sleepy fell into a deeper sleep
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| Pero desgraciado yo quedé solo en el mundo
| But unfortunately I was left alone in the world
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| Hoy mi pecho se ataladra con las penas del dolor
| Today my chest is pierced with the sorrows of pain
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| Hoy madre, madre querida tu hijo llora por tu amor
| Today mother, dear mother, your son cries for your love
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| Tú te fuiste y me dejaste en este mundo traidor | You left and left me in this treacherous world |