Paroles et traduction Joan Baez - El Preso Numero Nueve

El Preso Numero Nueve

Al preso numero nueve, ya lo van a confesar
Esta rezando en la celda con el cura del penal
Y antes del amanecer la vida le han de quitar
Porque mato a su mujer y un amigo desleal
Dice, asi, al confesar
"Los mate, si senor
Y si yo vuelvo a nacer, yo los vuelvo a matar

Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que alla en el cielo el ser supremo nos juzgara
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al mas alla"

Ay, ya, ya, ya

El preso numero nueve era un hombre muy cabal
Iba el noche del duelo, muy contento a su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor, en brazos de su rival
Ardio en su pecho el rencor y no se pudo aguantar
Al sonar el clarin, se formo el peloton
Y rumbo al paredon, se oye al preso decir

Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo se que alla en el cielo el ser supremo nos juzgara
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarllos al mas alla

Ay, ya, ya, ya, yay

Prisoner Number Nine

Prisoner number nine, they're going to confess you now
You're praying in your cell with the chaplain of the prison
And before dawn, your life will be taken
Because you killed your wife and a treacherous friend
You say, thus, upon confessing
"I killed them, yes, sir
And if I were to be born again, I would do it again

Father, I don't repent, nor am I afraid of eternity
I know that up in heaven the supreme being will judge us
I will follow their steps, I will find them in the hereafter"

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Prisoner number nine was a very honorable man
On the night of the duel, he went to his hut, very pleased
But upon looking at his beloved, in the arms of his rival
Resentment burned in his heart, and he couldn't bear it
As the bugle sounded, the firing squad was formed
And heading to the wall, the prisoner is 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 us
I will follow their steps, I will find them in the hereafter

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, whoa