El General Y El Sargento

The General and The Sergeant

El General Y El Sargento

In a forgotten little town there is a hidden tombEn un pueblito olvidado hay una tumba escondida
that no one has visited, although it may seem unbelievableque nadie ha visitado aunque parezca mentira
of a retired general I will tell you his lifede un general retirado voy a contarles su vida

Trinidad was his name and Reyes his surnameTrinidad era su nombre y Reyes su apelativo
he knew how to handle weapons to the rhythm of his triggersabía manejar las armas al ritmo de su gatillo
many lost their lives, Parral was a witness to thatmuchos perdieron la vida ded eso Parral fue testigo

With orders to arrest him, Luis García was sentCon ordenes de arrestarlo mandaron a Luis García
'You only take me with flowers and we still need to seesolo con flores me llevas y falta ver todavia
who of the two needs the four lit candles'quien de los dos necesita las cuatro velas prendidas

García remained silent but then he saidGarcía en silencio quedo pero al momento decía
before becoming a soldier, he already knew the rulesantes de ser militar las reglas ya conocía
forgive me, general, this is your life or mineperdone usted general esta es su vida o la mía

They looked at each other for a moment, everything fell silentSe miraron un momento todo en silencio quedó
and the general grabbed the sergeant by the necky el general al sargento por el cuello lo agarró
everything happened so violently that one of them felltodo pasó tan violento que uno de los dos cayó

Only one shot was heard, the bullet whistled in the windSolo un balazo se oyó la bala silbó en el viento
Reyes tried to shoot but failed in the attemptReyes quiso disparar pero falló en el intento
the general fell dead, the sergeant was faster.muerto cayó el general fue mas veloz el sargento.