Lyrics and translation Nacho Vegas - A Les Rexes de la Cárcel

A Les Rexes de la Cárcel

Si les rexes de la cárcel
Tuvieren conocimientu
Al ver entrar un rapaz
Al ver entrar un rapaz
Lloraran de sentimientu

A les rexes de la cárcel
Nun me vengas a llorar
Si nun me quites les penes
Si nun me quites les penes
Nun me les vengas a dar

A les rexes de la cárcel

Tando yo presu na cárcel
Un entierru vi pasar
Yera la probe mio madre,
Yera la probe mio madre
Que la diben enterrar
Nun l'acompañaba naide
Namás que'l triste cocheru
Que nél coche la llevaba
Pel camín del cementeriu
Qu'estos güeyinos la vieron

Adiós mi madre querida
(Si les rexes de la cárcel)
Cuántos disgustos te daba
(Tuvieren conocimientu)
Cuántes veces escondidas
Llorando a llágrima viva
N'un requexu te topaba

Si les rexes de la cárcel
Tuvieren conocimientu

At the Jail's Bars

If the jail's bars
Had understanding
When they see a boy come in
When they see a boy come in
They would weep with sympathy

At the jail's bars
Don't come weep for me
If you don't take away my sorrows
If you don't take away my sorrows
Don't come and give them to me

At the jail's bars

While I was a prisoner in jail
I saw a funeral procession pass by
It was my poor mother
It was my poor mother
They were going to bury her
No one was with her
Only the sad coachman
Who drove her in the coach
Along the road to the cemetery
These eyes of mine saw her

Farewell, my dear mother
(If the jail's bars)
How many upsets I caused you
(Had understanding)
How many times hidden
Crying bitter tears
In a corner I found you

If the jail's bars
Had understanding