Translation of the song lyrics El Peso Numero Nueve - Joan Baez

El Peso Numero Nueve (original)

Al preso numero nueve, ya lo van a confesar
Esta rezando en la celda con el cura del penal
Porque ante este amanecer, la vida le han de quitar
Porque mato a su mujer y un amigo desleal
Dice, asi, al confesar «los mate, si senor
Y si yo vuelvo a nacer, yo los vuelvo a matar
Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que alla en el cielo el ser supremo nos juzgara
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al mas alla."
Ay.
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El preso numero nueve era un hombre muy cabal
Iba el noche del duelo, muy contento a su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor, en brazos de su rival,
Ardio en su pecho el rencor y no se pudo aguantar.
Al sonar el clarin, se formo el peloton
Y rumbo al paredon, se oye al preso decir:
Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que alla en el cielo el ser supremo nos juzgara
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarllos al mas alla.
Ay.
yayayayayyyyy yaay

El Peso Numero Nueve (translation)

Prisoner number nine, they are going to confess
He is praying in the cell with the prison priest
Because before this dawn, life will have to take away
Because he killed his wife and a disloyal friend
He says, thus, when confessing «I killed them, yes sir
And if I am born again, I will kill them again
Father, I do not regret it, nor am I afraid of eternity
I know that there in heaven the supreme being will judge us
I'm going to follow in his footsteps, I'm going to look for them in the afterlife."
Oh.
yayayayayyyyy
Prisoner number nine was a very thorough man
He went the night of the duel, very happy to his shack
But looking at his love for him, in the arms of his rival for him,
Rancor burned in his chest and he couldn't hold back.
When the bugle sounded, the platoon was formed
And heading for the wall, the prisoner is heard saying:
Father, I do not regret it, nor am I afraid of eternity
I know that there in heaven the supreme being will judge us
I'm going to follow in his footsteps, I'm going to look for them in the afterlife.
Oh.
yayayayayyyyy yaay