Only the Women Remain

Nomas Las Mujeres Quedan

In a canyon in the mountainsEn un cañon de la sierra
There's a ranch lost to timeHay un rancho en el olvido
They declared war on each otherSe declararon la guerra
Men who once lived just fineHombres que vivian tranquilos
Only the women remainNomás las mujeres quedan
They died from gunfireEllos murieron a tiros

On the north side, the PérezDel lado norte los Pérez
On the south side, the GarcíaDel lado sur los García
Because of the womenPor culpa de las mujeres
That both sides wanted to be withQue unos y otros pretendian
Little by little, they were wiped outPoco a poco se acabaron
Those two dynastiesAquellas dos dinastías

The women were so beautifulLas mujeres muy hermosas
They entered into marriageLlegaban al matrimonio
But now they wear blackPero ahora andan enlutadas
And it's a sad testimonyY es el triste testimonio
That through those back roadsQue por esos andurreales
The devil was running freeAnduvo suelto el demonio

Not even the cornfield bloomsYa ni la milpa florece
The land is left abandonedEl campo esta abandonado
Not even the weeds growNi la hierba mala crece
And all the livestock has diedY ha muerto todo el ganado
And the river, it seemsY el río segun parece
Is drying up as wellTambién ya se esta secando

Only the women remainNomás las mujeres quedan
And the hatred is killing themY el odio las va matando
On their faces, they carryEn el rostro siempre llevan
The marks left by their tearsLa huella que deja el llanto
They remember their husbandsDe sus maridos se acuerdan
Crying in the graveyardLlorando en el camposanto

The women were so beautifulLas mujeres muy hermosas
They entered into marriageLlegaban al matrimonio
But now they wear blackPero ahora andan enlutadas
And it's a sad testimonyY es el triste testimonio
That through those back roadsQue por esos andurreales
The devil was running freeAnduvo suelto el demonio