Paroles et traduction Luis Y Julian - Juan Martha

Juan Martha

Decian que cargaba el diablo
Mentiras no traia nada
Lo que traiba en su cintura
Era una pistola escuadra
Robaba y mataba gente
Porque asi se divertia
Su cabeza tenia precio
15 000 pesos valia
Juan martha era aguerrido
Y temido del gobierno
Los rurales le temian
Como si fuera veneno
Su madrecita lloraba
Lloraba y se lo decia
Si me dieran libre a mi hijo
15000 pesos daria
Ya no llores madrecita
Ya no les ofrescas nada
Que llegando a aquel cerrito
Yo me rìo de la acordada
Ya no llores madrecita
No me estes atormentando
Que de 100 vidas que debo
Con una la estoy pagando
Esta noche con la luna
Y mañana con el sol
Me van a quitar la vida
Sea por el amor de dios
Ya con esta me despido
Pero les dejo una carta
Para que sigan cantando
El corrido de JUAN MARTHA.

John Martha

They said he was carrying the devil
Lies, he was carrying nothing
What he carried around his waist
Was a pistol
He robbed and killed people
Because that's how he had fun
There was a price on his head
15,000 pesos was his worth
John Martha was fierce
And feared by the government
The police feared him
Like he was poison
His mother cried
She cried and told him
If they would set my son free
I would give them 15,000 pesos
Don't cry anymore, little mother
Don't offer them anything
Because when I get to that little hill
I'll laugh at the law
Don't cry anymore, little mother
Don't torture me
Because of the 100 lives I owe
I'm paying for one
Tonight with the moon
And tomorrow with the sun
They're going to take my life
For the love of God
With this, I bid you farewell
But I leave you with a letter
So that you can keep singing
The ballad of JOHN MARTHA.