| Me mandaron una carta
| they sent me a letter
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| Por el correo templano
| by early mail
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| Y en esta carta me dice
| And in this letter he tells me
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| Que cayó prieso mi hermano
| That my brother fell prisoner
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| Así lo tema con grillos
| So I fear it with crickets
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| Por las calles lo arrastraron, si
| Through the streets they dragged him, yeah
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| La carta dice el motivo
| The letter says the reason
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| Que ha cometido Roberto
| What has Robert done?
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| Haber apoyado el paro
| Having supported the strike
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| Que ya se habia resuelto
| That had already been resolved
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| Si caso esto és el motivo
| If this is the reason
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| Presa también voy sargiento, si
| Dam I'm also sergeant, yes
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| Yo que me encuentro tán lejo
| I am so far away
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| Esperando la noticia
| waiting for the news
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| Me viene decir en la carta
| It comes to tell me in the letter
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| Que en mi patria no hay justicia
| That in my country there is no justice
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| Los hambrientos piden el pan
| The hungry ask for bread
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| No molejan a la milicia, si
| They don't bother the militia, yeah
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| Esta manera pomposa
| this pompous way
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| Queren consiervar su aciento
| They want to keep their seat
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| Los de abanicos y de flaque
| Those with fans and flaque
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| Si tiener merecimiento
| If you deserve
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| Van y volver a la iglesia
| They go and go back to church
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| Y olvidan los mandamientos, si
| And they forget the commandments, yeah
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| Habrase visto la insolecia
| You would have seen the insolence
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| Barbárie y alevosía
| Barbarism and treachery
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| De apresentar el trabuco
| To present the blunderbuss
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| Y matar a sangre fría
| And kill in cold blood
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| Aquél piensar no tiene
| That thinking does not have
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| Con las dos manos vacía, si
| With both hands empty, yes
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| La carta que ha recebido
| The letter that he has received
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| Me pide contestación
| ask me for a reply
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| Yo pido que se propaguen
| I ask that they spread
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| Por toda la población
| for the entire population
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| Que León és un sanguinário
| That León is a bloodthirsty
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| En toda la generación, si
| In the whole generation, yeah
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| Por suerte tengo guitarra
| Luckily I have a guitar
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| Para llorar mí dolor
| to cry my pain
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| También tengo nueve hermanos
| I also have nine brothers
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| Fuera de él que se engrilló
| Outside of him who shackled
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| Todos son comunistas
| they are all communists
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| Con el favor de mí Diós, si | With the favor of my God, yes |