Cursed Powder

Polvo Maldito

By the Bravo and its banksPor el Bravo y sus riveras
So many ballads have been writtenCuanto corrido se ha escrito
About Tamaulipas and TexasPor Tamaulipas y Texas
How many men have committed crimesComo hay hombres con delitos
Some traffic in grassUnos trafican la hierba
Others in cursed powderOtros el polvo maldito

I'm gonna tell you a storyVoy a cantarles un caso
That will go down in historyQue en la historia ha de quedar
About a famous drug dealerA un and traficante famoso
Who just got taken outLo acaban de liquidar
His own son killed himLo mató su propio hijo
With no way to fix itSin poderlo remediar

In Hidalgo CountyEn el condado de Hidalgo
He paid for all his crimesPago todos sus delitos
The American governmentEl gobierno americano
Sent his son without knowingMando sin saber a su hijo
To learn how to catch himA que fueran a aprenderlo
The law had five menLos de la ley eran cinco

Arriving at the right spotLlegando al punto preciso
They signaled him to stopY le marcaron el alto
But he refused to surrenderPero rendirse no quiso
And managed to kill fourY alcanzo a matar a cuatro
But when he saw his sonPero al conocer a su hijo
He raised his hands up highSubió las manos en alto

There was no time to thinkNo hubo tiempo de pensarlo
That young man firedAquel joven disparó
And when he was about to finish him offY cuando iba a rematarlo
He also recognized himTambién lo reconoció
On his knees and cryingDe rodillas y llorando
He shouted, "Forgive me!"Perdóname le grito

"What do you want me to forgive?"¿Que quieres que te perdone?
He said before he diedAntes de morir le dijo
"Go tell the courtAnda a decir a la corte
That you have no crimeQue tu no tienes delito
That the one guilty of this crimeQue el culpable de este crimen
Was the cursed powder"Ha sido el polvo maldito