Текст и перевод песни Los Cadetes De Linares - Polvo Maldito

Polvo Maldito

Por el Bravo y sus riveras
Cuanto corrido se ha escrito
Por Tamaulipas y Texas
Como hay hombres con delitos
Unos trafican la "hierba"
Otros el polvo maldito.

Voy a cantarles un caso
Que en la historia va quedar
A un traficante famoso
Lo acaban de liquidar
Lo mato su propio hijo
Sin poderlo remediar.

En el condado de Hidalgo
Pago todos sus delitos
El gobierno americano
Mando sin saber a su hijo
A que fueran a aprenderlo
Los de la ley eran cinco.

Llegando al punto presiso
Y le marcaron el alto
Pero rendirse no quiso
Y alcanzo a matar a cuatro
Pero al conocer a su hijo
Subio las manos en alto.

No hubo tiempo de pensarlo
Aquel joven disparó
Y cuando iba a rematarlo
Ahi lo reconoció
De rodillas y llorando
Perdoname le grito.

¯Que quieres que te perdone?
Antes de morir le dijo
Anda a avisar a la corte
Que tu no tienes delito
Que el culpable de este crimen
A sido el polvo maldito.

Damned Powder

Along the Bravo and its banks
Many a ballad has been written
Through Tamaulipas and Texas
There are men with crimes to their name
Some traffic in "weed"
Others in the cursed powder.

I'm going to sing you a story
That will go down in history
About a famous trafficker
Who's just been eliminated
Killed by his own son
Without being able to help it.

In Hidalgo County
He paid for all his crimes
The American government
Unknowingly sent his son
To apprehend him
Five lawmen in all.

Arriving at the exact point
They ordered him to stop
But he refused to surrender
And managed to kill four
But when he recognized his son
He raised his hands in surrender.

There was no time to think
That young man shot
And when he was about to finish him off
He recognized him
On his knees and weeping
Forgive me, he cried.

¯What do you want me to forgive you for?
He said before he died
Go and tell the court
That you have no crime
That the culprit of this crime
Has been the damned powder.