Paroles et traduction Grupo Laberinto - Juanita

Juanita

Miré a mi padre montar
El caballo de Juanita
El que le heredó su madre
Siendo apenas jovencita
Era un potro tres añero
Por el monte lo corría

Juanita la más bonita
De aquel rancho Los Jacales
Fue criada por su abuelita
Desde que murió su madre
Seguido subía pal' cerro
O bajaba al río a bañarse

Pero el diablo nunca duerme
Y esperó al amanecer
Aquella flor tan hermosa
Su sangre vio el río correr
Porque ese hombre tan maldito
A la fuerza la pudo tener

Quería perderse en los cerros
Cuando yo lo divisé
Traía la ropa rasgada
Y el caballo no era de él
Fui avisarle a la viejita
Que algo no andaba bien

Aunque solo soy un niño
Y Dios puede castigarme
A mi padre dele muerte
Pa' que usted pueda vengarse
Pues lo que le hizo a su nieta
Solo lo hace un vil cobarde

Como pude le ayudé
A encaminarse pal' cerro
Desde lejos escuché
Los balazos tan certeros
Juanita ya está en el cielo
Y mi padre en el infierno
Y al panteón llevamos flores
Muy cerquita de San Pedro

Juanita

I watched my father mount
Juanita's horse,
The one her mother left her
When she was just a young girl.
It was a three-year-old colt,
She'd ride it through the hills.

Juanita, the prettiest girl
From the Los Jacales ranch,
Raised by her grandmother
Since her mother died.
She often climbed the hill
Or went down to the river to bathe.

But the devil never sleeps
And waited for the dawn.
That beautiful flower,
Her blood the river saw run.
Because that damned man
Took her by force.

She wanted to lose herself in the hills
When I saw him.
His clothes were torn
And the horse wasn't his.
I went to tell the old woman
That something wasn't right.

Even though I'm just a boy
And God may punish me,
Kill my father,
So you can take revenge.
For what he did to your granddaughter
Only a coward would do.

As best I could, I helped her
Make her way to the hill.
From afar I heard
The accurate gunshots.
Juanita is now in heaven
And my father in hell.
And to the cemetery we take flowers,
Very close to San Pedro.