Paroles et traduction Alci Acosta - El Preso No. 9

El Preso No. 9

Al preso número nueve ya lo van a confesar
Está rezando en la celda con el cura del penal
Porque antes de 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 hombre muy cabal
Iba en la noche del duelo muy contento a su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor en brazos de su rival
Sintió en su pecho un dolor y no se pudo aguantar

Al sonar el clarín
Se formó el pelotón
Y rumbo 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 No. 9

Prisoner number nine is about to be confessed,
He's praying in his cell with the prison chaplain,
Because before dawn his life will be taken,
Because he killed his woman and a disloyal friend.

He says to the confessor,
I killed them, yes sir,
And if I'm born again,
I'll kill them again.

Father, I don't repent, nor am I afraid of eternity,
I know that up in heaven, the Supreme Being will judge me,
I will follow their footsteps, I will look for them in the afterlife.

Prisoner number nine was a very decent man,
He was going home that fateful night, very happy, my dear,
But when he saw his love in the arms of his rival,
He felt a pain in his chest and couldn't hold back.

At the sound of the bugle,
The firing squad was formed,
And on the way to the wall,
The prisoner was heard to say,

Father, I don't repent, nor am I afraid of eternity,
I know that up in heaven, the Supreme Being will judge me,
I will follow their footsteps, I will look for them in the afterlife.