Paroles et traduction Chavela Vargas - El preso número nueve

El preso número nueve

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 juez supremo me juzgará
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
Ardió en su pecho un rencor y no se pudo aguantar
Dice asín 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 juez supremo me juzgará
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al más allá

Prisoner Number Nine

Prisoner Number Nine, they're about to confess him
He's praying in his cell with the prison priest
Because before dawn they'll take his life
Because he killed his wife and a disloyal friend
He tells the priest
"I killed them, yes sir
And if I were 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 judge will judge me
I'll follow in their footsteps, I'll look for them in the afterlife
Prisoner Number Nine was a very honest man
That night he went into the duel very happy at his hut
But when he looked at his love in the arms of his rival
His chest burned with resentment and he couldn't hold back
He tells the priest
"I killed them, yes sir
And if I were 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 judge will judge me
I'll follow in their footsteps, I'll look for them in the afterlife