Lyrics and translation Ely Guerra - El Preso # 9

El Preso # 9

Al preso número nueve ya lo van a confesar
Está sentado en la celda con el cura del penal
Y antes del amanecer la vida le han de quitar
Porque mató a su mujer y a un amigo desleal

Dice así al confesor
Los maté sí señor
Y si vuelvo a nacer
Yo los vuelvo a matar

Padre no me arrepiento ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo sé que allá en el cielo el ser supremo me ha de juzgar
Voy a seguir sus pasos voy a buscarlos al más allá

El preso número nueve era un hombre muy cabal
Iba la noche del duelo muy contento a su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor en brazos de su rival
Sintió en el pecho un dolor y no se pudo aguantar

Al sonar el clarín
Se formo el pelotón
Y junto al paredón
Se oyó al preso decir

Padre no me arrepiento ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo sé que allá en el cielo el ser supremo me ha de juzgar
Voy a seguir sus pasos voy a buscarlos al más allá

Prisoner #9

Prisoner number nine, they're gonna make you confess.
You're sitting in a cell with the prison priest.
And before dawn, they're gonna take your life,
Because you killed your wife and an unfaithful friend.

You tell the priest,
Yes, I killed them.
And if I was born again,
I'd kill them again.

Father, I don't regret it, and I'm not afraid of eternity.
I know that up in heaven, the supreme being will judge me.
I'll follow their footsteps, I'll go find them in the hereafter.

Prisoner number nine was a very honest man.
He was walking home from the duel very happy that night.
But when he saw his love in the arms of his rival,
He felt a pain in his chest that he couldn't bear.

When the bugle sounded,
The firing squad lined up,
And before the wall,
The prisoner said,

Father, I don't regret it, and I'm not afraid of eternity.
I know that up in heaven, the supreme being will judge me.
I'll follow their footsteps, I'll go find them in the hereafter.