Текст и перевод песни Alci Acosta - El Preso Número 9

El Preso Número 9

Al preso número nueve ya lo van a confesar
Está rezando en la celda con el cura del penal
Porque antes de amanecer la vida le han de quitar
Porque mató a su mujer y a un amigo desleal

Dice así: al confesor
Los maté sí señor
Y si vuelvo a nacer
Yo los vuelvo a matar

Padre no me arrepiento ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo sé que allá en el cielo el ser supremo me ha de juzgar
Voy a seguir sus pasos voy a buscarlos al más allá

El preso número nueve era hombre muy cabal
Iba en la noche del duelo muy contento a su jacal
Pero al mirar a su amor en brazos de su rival
Sintió en su pecho un dolor y no se pudo aguantar

Al sonar el clarín
Se formó el pelotón
Y rumbo al paredón
Se oyó al preso decir

Padre no me arrepiento ni me da miedo la eternidad
Yo sé que allá en el cielo el ser supremo me ha de juzgar
Voy a seguir sus pasos voy a buscarlos al más allá

Prisoner Number 9

Prisoner number nine, they're going to confess him now
He's praying in his cell with the prison chaplain
Because before dawn, they're going to take his life
Because he killed his wife and a disloyal friend

He says to the confessor:
Yes, I killed them, sir
And if I were to be born again,
I'd kill them again

Father, I have no regrets and I don't fear eternity
I know that up in heaven, the Supreme Being will judge me
I will follow his footsteps, I will seek them in the afterlife

Prisoner number nine was a man of great integrity
He was on his way home from a duel that night, happy as can be
But when he saw his love in the arms of his rival
He felt a pain in his chest and couldn't restrain himself

At the sound of the bugle,
The firing squad formed up.
As they marched toward the wall,
The prisoner was heard to say:

Father, I have no regrets and I don't fear eternity
I know that up in heaven, the Supreme Being will judge me
I will follow his footsteps, I will seek them in the afterlife