Paroles et traduction Régulo Caro - Carlitos y Alejandro

Carlitos y Alejandro

Allá está un retén
Carlos le dijo a su hermano
"Tú dices lo que hay que hacer"
Que al fin venimos armados
Así el corrido comienza
De Carlitos y Alejandro

Una Cherokee del año
Blindada traía Carlitos
Salieron de madrugada
Pero había un operativo
"Esa noche iba a ser larga"
El santero lo predijo

Alejandro se bajó
Y se amarró la pechera
Carlos agarró valor
Se terció la metralleta
Con un francotirador
Empezó la balacera

Alcanzó a llevarse a dos
Antes que le respondieran
Usaban visión nocturna
Como las que usan en guerra
Los balazos a los guachos
Le rozaban la mollera

Y vámonos pa' sitio arriba, tío Carlitos
Juanacas
Dalex
Y arriba los Popeyes, pariente

Así pasaron dos horas
Mientras llegaba el rescate
Se puso fea la cosa
Se les acababa el parque
Se atrocharon en la loma
Rodeados de militares

Quince tiros en la escuadra
Se la descargo al teniente
Los que se iban arrimando
Corrieron con la misma suerte
Pues cómo no si las balas
Se estrellaban en la frente

En la lista del gobierno
Ahora son los más buscados
Mientras esquivaban balas
Tumbaron a varios soldados
Así el corrido termina
De Carlitos y Alejandro

Carlitos and Alejandro

Yonder is a checkpoint
Carlos told his brother,
"You say what needs to be done,
Since we've come armed.
So the ballad begins,
Of Carlitos and Alejandro.

A brand-new year Cherokee,
It was Carlos who drove.
They left at daybreak,
But there was a checkpoint.
"That night would be long"
The medicine man predicted.

Alejandro got out,
And strapped on his chest plate.
Carlos took courage,
Shouldered his machine gun.
A sniper commenced,
The gunfight began.

He managed to take two
Before they struck back,
Their night vision goggles,
Were like the ones they use in war.
The bullets from those guards,
Grazed the crown of his head.

Let's go up the mountain, Uncle Carlitos,
Juanacas,
Dalex,
And up the Popeyes, my friend.

Two hours passed,
While reinforcements arrived.
Things got ugly,
They were running out of ammo.
They took refuge on the hill,
Surrounded by soldiers.

Fifteen shots in his weapon,
He unloaded into the lieutenant.
Any who tried to approach,
Met the same fate.
Of course, bullets,
Were slamming into their foreheads.

On the government's list,
Now they're the most wanted.
While they dodged bullets,
They took down several soldiers.
So the ballad ends,
Of Carlitos and Alejandro.