Paroles et traduction Uriel Lozano - Carta de un Preso

Carta de un Preso

Con mucho cariño y con todo respeto
Para todos aquellos que estan privados de su libertad

Ya no entra el sol
En el rincon donde yo me siento
Se que es inutil para mi recuperarte
No se me ocurren mas pretextos para darte
Solo paredes una reja y este encierro

Prometeme
Que de mentirle a nuestros hijos
No quiero que ellos piensen que soy un mal padre
Si la necesidad del pan golpeo a mi puerta
He de morir para tratar que no les falte

A mis amigos diles que te has separado
Que no te importa ni te duele si estoy muerto
Es por un tiempo hasta que salga de este encierro
Que me averguenza porque nunca quise hacerlo

Te juro fue necesidad y no capricho
Te juro que ya estoy pagando mis errores
Dile a mi madre solamente lo que pasa
Ella es la unica que cura mis dolores

Tuve que cometer un error para saber lo importante que es la libertad

Solo le pido señor juez no estoy mintiendo
Solo Dios sabe no he perdido la verguenza
Ver a mis hijos que no tienen y que piden
Fueron motivos que rompieron mi conciencia

Yo lo comprendo
Y aunque se que ya es muy tarde
Voy a cumplir mi condena y lo prometo
Hable con Dios y prometi pagar mi deuda
Porque es el unico que sabe que no miento

A Letter from an Inmate

With such affection and utmost respect
For all those who are deprived of their freedom

The sun no longer enters
The corner where I sit
I know it's useless for me to win you back
I can't think of any more excuses to give you
Just walls, a grate, and this confinement

Promise me
That you won't lie to our children
I don't want them to think I'm a bad father
If need of bread knocks at my door
I must die to try to keep them from going hungry

Tell my friends that you've separated
That you don't care or feel anything if I'm dead
It's just until I'm out of this confinement
That I'm ashamed of because I never wanted to do this

I swear it was necessity and not caprice
I swear I'm already paying for my mistakes
Tell my mother only what's happening
She is the only one who can heal my pain

I had to make a mistake to know how important freedom is

I only ask you, Your Honor, I'm not lying
Only God knows I haven't lost my dignity
Seeing my children who have nothing and who beg
Were reasons that shattered my conscience

I understand
And though I know it's too late
I'll serve my sentence and I promise
I spoke to God and promised to pay my debt
Because He's the only one who knows I'm not lying