| Había un cargamento de trescientos kilos
| There was a shipment of three hundred kilos
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| Que los migras atoraron
| that the migra got stuck
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| Y cuando de pronto escuché la noticia
| And when suddenly I heard the news
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| Tan solo de diez hablaron
| They only spoke of ten
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| Oí el comentario por que estaba preso
| I heard the comment because he was in prison
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| Por ilegal fui cautivo
| For illegal I was captive
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| Mientras que lo gringos hacían el reparto
| While the gringos made the distribution
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| Yo estaba haciendo el corrido
| I was doing the corrido
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| A los que agarraron eran tres hermanos
| Those who were caught were three brothers
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| De Zacatecas vinieron
| From Zacatecas they came
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| Eran Juan y Pablo, y Manuel Eduardo
| They were Juan and Pablo, and Manuel Eduardo
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| Y su apellido Guerrero
| And his surname from him Guerrero
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| Decía el emigrante a los detenidos:
| The emigrant told the detainees:
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| Ya se pueden dar por muertos
| They can already be considered dead
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| Si acaso yo escucho una media palabra
| If I ever hear a half word
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| Del corte del cargamento
| Of the cut of the loading
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| Yo se que la carga era de la buena;
| I know that the load was a good one;
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| Lo supe por el aroma
| I knew it by the scent
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| En pocos minutos olía la garita
| In a few minutes the sentry box smelled
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| A amoniaco y acetona
| A ammonia and acetone
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| Una pobre madre ansiosa espera
| A poor anxious mother waits
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| A los tres de Zacatecas
| To the three from Zacatecas
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| Tal vez con m canto se entere algún día
| Maybe with my song he will find out one day
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| Que se Hayan tras de las rejas | That they are behind bars |