| General ya no sea tan violento
| General no longer be so violent
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| que mi padre ya esta casi muerto
| that my father is almost dead
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| encontraron lo que mas buscaban
| they found what they were looking for the most
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| ya quemaron la hierba en el cerro
| They already burned the grass on the hill
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| deme ami los golpes que agan falta
| give me the blows that are missing
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| que mi padre se me esta muriendo
| that my father is dying
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| si prefiere metame un plomazo
| if he prefers to hit me with a plumb
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| pero ya no castigue a mi viejo
| but he no longer punishes my old man
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| mi padre es sembrador eso es cierto
| my father is a sower that is true
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| pero el tambien es un hombre honesto
| but he is also an honest man
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| no a matado nunca a hecho ni un daño
| he has never killed or done any harm
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| solamente es un pobre ranchero
| he only he is a poor rancher
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| que a sembrado esa hierba por años
| who has planted that grass for years
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| ala que ustedes llaman veneno
| wing you call poison
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| veneno es el que traego en la sangre
| poison is what I bring in my blood
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| por mirar a mi padre sufriendo
| for looking at my father suffering
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| amarrado mi padre indefenso
| tied up my defenseless father
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| respiraba y se le iva el resuello
| he breathed and his breath went away
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| un mecate que ataba su cuerpo
| a rope that bound his body
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| lastimaba y quemaba violento
| he hurt and burned violently
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| yo era un niño impotente y sin fuerza
| I was a powerless child without strength
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| que lloraba y lloraba por verlo
| who cried and cried to see him
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| general ya no sea tan violento
| general no longer so violent
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| por favor deje libre a mi padre
| please set my father free
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| tengo cuacos y lleguas preñadas
| I have cuacos and you get pregnant
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| que pueden el delito pagarle
| that they can pay the crime
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| con desprecio y con una sonrrisa
| with contempt and with a smile
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| me contesto yo soy justiciero
| I answer myself I am a vigilante
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| que trata a delincuente como este
| who treats criminal like this
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| que aparentan ser buenos rancheros
| who appear to be good ranchers
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| fui con rabia pal cuello apretarle
| I went furiously to squeeze his neck
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| serrojo el rifle y me apunto al pecho
| I lock the rifle and aim at my chest
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| un soldado razo metio el brazo
| a reasonable soldier put his arm
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| dijo vete muchacho pal cerro
| He said go away, boy, to the hill
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| ve a cuidar a tu madre y hermanos
| go take care of your mother and brothers
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| que este cazo no tiene remedio
| that this saucepan has no remedy
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| vi a mi pare golpeado y cansado
| I saw my father beaten and tired
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| yo asustado me sali corriendo
| I scared I ran away
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| escuche dos descargas de mauser
| listen to two downloads of mauser
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| regrese a ver lo que ya esperaba
| come back to see what you already expected
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| recargado detras de un aguaje
| recharged behind a aguaje
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| el soldado razo agonizaba
| the razo soldier was dying
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| la otra descarga fue pa mi padre
| the other download was for my father
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| que murio como un hombre en la ralla
| that he died as a man in the grate
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| dos cruces de madera en el monte
| two wooden crosses on the mount
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| pa mi padre y para un buen soldado
| for my father and for a good soldier
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| con la fecha de un seis de septiembre
| with the date of a sixth of September
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| año setenta y siete marcado
| year seventy seven marked
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| cerca de tamazula durango
| near tamazula durango
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| siempre seran muy bien recordados | they will always be well remembered |