Paroles et traduction Chayito Valdez - El Chante Luna

El Chante Luna

Voy a cantar un corrido
A los que me están oyendo
Les diré lo que pasó
En estado de Gerrero
Mataron al chante Luna
Por órdenes del gobierno
Por las calles de Acapulco
El chante feliz paseaba
Le tocó su mala suerte
Que mataron a Barajas
La muerte se la cargaban
Porque el gobierno lo odiaba
Le dijo Mario Martínez
Te llama el gobernador
Que vayas a Chilpancingo
A dar tu declaración
Chante pues no te le rajes
Tu eres hombre de valor
Cuando estaba en el palacio
El chante dice a patotas
Me llama el gobernador
El que se iba a imaginar
Que lo llevaban cautivo
Le dice Félix Badilla
Chante con ellos no vayas
Yo tengo el presentimiento
Que algo te puede pasar
Chante no vayas solo
Te vamos a acompañar
Al sacarlo del palacio
Lo quisieron desarmar
Le pidieron la pistola
El no se las quiso dar
Le decía Mario Martínez
Nada te puede pasar
Tomaron la carretera
Con rumbo a la capital
Su padre Don Marcos Luna
Se los quiso ir a quitar
Pero al llegar a las cruces
No lo dejaron pasar
El comandante le dice
Marquito yo soy tu amigo
Lo digo de corazón
Las órdenes que yo traigo
Las dictó el gobernador
Mientras su padre pedía
El chante iba caminando
Al llegar a Mazatlán
Ya lo estaban esperando
Setenta y dos federales
Se lo estaban disputando
Le dijo Mario Martínez
Aquí lo voy a bajar
Las órdenes que yo traigo
Que aquí lo he de entregar
Porque son los federales
Los que los van a llevar
El chante se hizo pa'tras
Y la pistola sacó
Del cuello agarró a Martínez
Cinco balazos le dió
También a nico González
La cara le atravesó
Sonó la metralladora
El chante se le enfrentó
Peleándoles desde el coche
Donde el patotas cayó
También al chante mataron
Porque el parque le faltó
Maganda Riva Palacio
Se encuentra muy afligido
Por la muerte de Martínez
Y nico que estaba herido
La culpa no fué del chante
Porque ellos lo habían querido
El chante ya está en el cielo
Dándole cuenta al creador
Y nico está en el presidio
Por ser un hombre traidor
También quedó retirado
Maganda el gobernador
El chante ya se murió
Lo deben de recordar
Por ahí le quedó un amigo
Que le dicen el chacal
Cuídate nico González
No se te vaya a olvidar
Mas en fin ya me despido
Por las leyes que derogan
Mataron al chante luna
Porque les hacía malobra
De esos hombres poco nacen
Y el que nace no se logra

The Ballad of Chante Luna

I'm going to sing a ballad
To those who are listening
I'll tell you what happened
In the state of Guerrero
They killed Chante Luna
By orders of the government
Through the streets of Acapulco
Chante happily strolled
Bad luck befell him
They killed Barajas
They blamed him for the death
Because the government hated him
Mario Martínez told him
The governor is calling for you
To go to Chilpancingo
To give your statement
Chante, don't chicken out
You're a man of courage
When he was in the palace
Chante said to Patotas
The governor is calling me
Who would have imagined
That they were taking him captive
Félix Badilla tells him
Chante, don't go with them
I have a feeling
Something might happen to you
Chante, don't go alone
We'll go with you
As they took him from the palace
They wanted to disarm him
They asked for his gun
He refused to give it to them
Mario Martínez told him
Nothing can happen to you
They took the highway
Heading to the capital
His father, Don Marcos Luna
Wanted to go get them back
But when they reached Las Cruces
They wouldn't let him pass
The commander tells him
Marquito, I am your friend
I say it from the heart
The orders I have
Were dictated by the governor
While his father pleaded
Chante was walking
Upon arriving in Mazatlán
They were already waiting for him
Seventy-two federales
Were fighting over him
Mario Martínez told him
I'm going to drop him off here
The orders I have
Are to deliver him here
Because it's the federales
Who are going to take him away
Chante stepped back
And pulled out his gun
He grabbed Martínez by the neck
He shot him five times
Also Nico González
He shot him through the face
The machine gun sounded
Chante faced them
Fighting them from the car
Where Patotas fell
They also killed Chante
Because he ran out of ammo
Maganda Riva Palacio
Is very distressed
By the death of Martínez
And Nico who was wounded
It wasn't Chante's fault
Because they had wanted it
Chante is already in heaven
Giving his account to the creator
And Nico is in prison
For being a traitor
Maganda was also removed
The governor
Chante is already dead
You should remember him
He had a friend there
They call him the Jackal
Watch out, Nico González
Don't you forget
But in the end, I say goodbye
By the laws they repeal
They killed Chante Luna
Because he was a troublemaker
Few of those men are born
And the one who is born does not succeed