El Día de San Juan

Saint John's Day

El Día de San Juan

On June 24th, the very day of Saint JohnEl 24 de junio, el mero día de San Juan
A dance was being heldUn baile se celebraba
In that town of IxtlánEn ese pueblo de Ixtlán
Micaela, from early onMicaela, desde temprano
Smiling, tells JuanSonriendo, le dice a Juan
Since it's your saint's dayPor ser el día de tu santo
You have to take me to the danceAl baile, me has de llevar

I don't want to disrespect youNo quiero hacerte el desaire
But I have a feeling, you knowPero algo presiento, yo
That tonight at the danceDe que esta noche en el baile
Things might go south for meSe me amargue la función

Look, Micaela, I'm talking to youMira Micaela, que te hablo
Don't go to that gatheringNo vayas a esa reunión
The devil's tempting meQue está tentándome el diablo
To throw me into Simón's pathDe echarme al plato a Simón

Micaela arrived firstLlegó, Micaela, primero
Then she started to danceSe puso luego a bailar
And she chose as her partnerY escogió a por compañero
Juan's biggest rivalAl mero rival de Juan

(Ay-jaja!)(¡Ay-jaja!)
You shouldn't have done itNo lo hubiera hecho
You shouldn't have done it, MicaelaNo lo hubiera hecho, Micaela
Because they took her downPorque se la echaron
(Ah-ah-ah!)(¡Ah-ah-ah!)

The hours pass joyfullyAlegres pasan las horas
The clock strikes twelveLas 12, marca el reloj
When a gunshot rang outCuando un tiro de pistola
Two bodies fellDos cuerpos atravesó

Fly, fly, little doveVuela, vuela, palomita
Stop at that graveyardPárate en ese panteón
Where Micaelita must beDonde ha de estar Micaelita
With her beloved SimónCon su querido Simón