Текст и перевод песни José Alfredo Jiménez - El coyote

El coyote

Le pinté un cuatro al coyote
Y me fui para la sierra
El Coyote era un bandido
Nacido allá por mi tierra
Lo conocí desde niño
Fuimos juntos a la escuela

A las primeras lecciones
Se sabía lo que intentaba
Porque cantaba canciones
Peleando con su guitarra
Y aunque perdiera ilusiones
Con sus ojos no lloraba

Aquella noche de mayo
Le gustó mi María Elena
Pero yo llegué a caballo
Ya tenía cita con ella

Cuando bajé de la sierra
Me encaré con el Coyote
Y abrazando a María Elena
Le dije: "ya tiene nombre"
Porque en la ermita sagrada
Nos casó el cura del monte

Él agachó la cabeza
Y se fue cobardemente
Pero como era coyote
Se devolvió de repente
Él me buscaba la espalda
Pero yo le hallé la frente

Coyote, coyote altivo
Que no respetaste amores
Pudiendo se buen amigo
Te mataron tus traiciones

The Coyote

I painted a four on the coyote
And I went to the mountains
The Coyote was an outlaw
Born in my homeland
I knew him since he was a child
We went to school together

In the first lessons
You could tell what he was trying to do
Because he would sing songs
Fighting with his guitar
And even though he lost his illusions
He would not cry with his eyes

That May night
He took a liking to my María Elena
But I arrived on horseback
I already had a date with her

When I came down from the mountains
I confronted the Coyote
And embracing María Elena
I told him: "she already has a name"
Because in the sacred hermitage
The priest of the mountain married us

He hung his head
And left like a coward
But since he was a coyote
He suddenly returned
He was looking for my back
But I found his front

Coyote, haughty coyote
Who did not respect love
If you could be a good friend
Your betrayals killed you