| Juan se lanz? | Juan threw himself |
| march? | go? |
| ndose al norte
| going north
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| iba en busca de un vida digna,
| he was looking for a decent life,
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| cruzando M? | crossing M? |
| xico por valles y por montes,
| Mexico through valleys and through mountains,
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| iba Juan lleno de fe.
| John was full of faith.
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| La historia es que Juan se iba a casar
| The story is that Juan was going to get married
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| con Mar? | with Sea? |
| a embarazada,
| to pregnant,
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| pero? | but? |
| l no tenia ni un centavo,
| He didn't have a penny,
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| ni un clavo que darle.
| not a nail to hit.
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| Pero este Juan iba muy decidido
| But this Juan was very determined
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| y a la frontera? | and to the border? |
| l lleg? | he arrived |
| con todo el filo.
| with all the edge.
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| Se conect? | He connected? |
| con el mero mayor de los coyotes
| with the greatest of coyotes
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| y la historia le cont?:
| and the story told him:
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| Mire usted que yo quiero cruzarme ya a San Diego o Chicago,
| Look, I want to cross over to San Diego or Chicago,
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| d? | d? |
| game usted lo que hago
| game you what i do
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| qu? | what? |
| precio le pago.
| price I pay.
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| Juan ya nunca regres?,
| Juan never came back?
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| en la l? | in the l? |
| nea se qued?, pobre Juan
| nea stayed?, poor Juan
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| o la migra lo mat?
| or did la migra kill him?
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| o el desierto lo enterr?, pobre Juan
| or the desert buried him, poor Juan
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| Oh, oh, oh, oh Juan le ense? | Oh, oh, oh, oh did Juan teach you? |
| al coyote una foto de Mar? | to the coyote a photo of Mar? |
| a con la cual se casar? | whom he will marry? |
| a,
| a,
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| Le Prometi? | I promised him? |
| que? | that? |
| l regresar? | will he return? |
| a para formar todo un hogar.
| to form a whole household.
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| Pero el coyote a Juan lo traicion?
| But did the coyote betray Juan?
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| dejandolo al olvido,
| leaving it to oblivion,
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| tres balas se tronaron a Juan,
| three bullets were fired at Juan,
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| pobre de Juan,
| poor John,
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| no regres?.
| don't you come back?
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| No ohh…
| No oh…
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| Juan ya nunca no regres?
| Juan never come back?
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| en la linea se qued?, pobre Juan
| He stayed on the line, poor Juan
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| o la migra lo mat?
| or did la migra kill him?
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| o el desierto lo enterr?, pobre Juan
| or the desert buried him, poor Juan
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| Y Mar? | And Sea? |
| a lo fue a buscar
| he went to look for him
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| y ella nunca lo encontr?,
| and she never found him?
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| desapareci?
| disappeared?
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| Oh | oh |