Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Ladrillo

Ladrillo

En la penitenciaria
Ladrillo llora sus penas
Cumpliendo injusta condena
Aunque mató en buena ley

Los jueces lo condenaron
Sin comprender que Ladrillo
Fue siempre bueno, sencillo
Trabajador como un buey

Ladrillo está en la cárcel, el barrio lo extraña
Sus dulces serenatas ya no se oyen más
Los chicos ya no tienen su amigo querido
Que siempre moneditas le' daba al pasar

Los jueves y domingos se ve una viejita
Llevar un paquetito al que preso está
De vuelta la viejita, los chicos preguntan
"¿Ladrillo cuándo sale?"
Solo Dios sabrá

El día que con un baile su compromiso sellaba
Un compadrón molestaba a la que era su amor
Jugando entonces su vida en duelo criollo, Ladrillo
Le sepultó su cuchillo partiéndole el corazón

Ladrillo está en la cárcel, el barrio lo extraña
Sus dulces serenatas ya no se oyen más
Los chicos ya no tienen su amigo querido
Que siempre moneditas le' daba al pasar

Los jueves y domingos se ve una viejita
Llevar un paquetito al que preso está
De vuelta la viejita, los niños preguntan
"¿Ladrillo cuándo sale?"
Solo Dios sabrá

Brick

In prison
Brick cries his sorrows
Serving an unjust sentence
Even though he killed in self-defense

The judges condemned him
Without understanding that Brick
Was always good, simple
A hard worker like an ox

Brick is in jail, the neighborhood misses him
His sweet serenades are no longer heard
The children no longer have their dear friend
Who always gave them coins as he passed by

On Thursdays and Sundays, an elderly woman is seen
Bringing a package to the one who is imprisoned
On her way back, the elderly woman, the children ask
"When will Brick be released?"
Only God will know

The day he sealed his engagement with a dance
A local bully harassed the one who was his love
Then gambling his life in a Creole duel, Brick
Buried his knife in him, breaking his heart

Brick is in jail, the neighborhood misses him
His sweet serenades are no longer heard
The children no longer have their dear friend
Who always gave them coins as he passed by

On Thursdays and Sundays, an elderly woman is seen
Bringing a package to the one who is imprisoned
On her way back, the children ask
"When will Brick be released?"
Only God will know