Yo Fui Fidel

I Was Fidel

Yo Fui Fidel

I was FidelYo fui Fidel
I was a very cheerful boyFui un muchacho muy alegre
With everyone very good peopleCon todos muy buena gente
That was my way of beingAsí era mi forma de ser

I fell in loveMe enamoré
With the wrong womanDe la mujer equivocada
The one I thought adored meLa que creía que me adoraba
But it wasn't like that, I was wrongMás no fue así, me equivoqué

I also trustedTambién confié
My friendship in a so-called friendMi amistad en un disque amigo
Who grew up with me as a childQue de niño creció conmigo
And now didn't let me growY hoy ya no me dejó crecer

I don't know whyNo sé por qué
Being noble and good peopleSiendo yo noble y buena gente
In those I had always trustedEn los que había confiado siempre
My life comes to an endMi vida la viene a perder

I was FidelYo fui Fidel
Whose life was taken awayA quien le quitaron la vida
The truth that I never believedLa verdad que nunca creía
That my friend would do itQue mi amigo lo fuera a hacer

In front ofEn frente de
My dear motherDe mi madrecita querida
My friend took my lifeMi amigo me quitó la vida
And my wife was an accompliceY fue cómplice mi mujer

I had to leaveTocó partir
As I never imaginedComo yo nunca imaginaba
My career was cut shortMi carrera quedó truncada
I had just graduatedMe acababa de recibir

As a graduateDe licenciado
My title was cut shortMi título quedó truncado
Goodbye, Veracruz, beautiful stateAdiós, Veracruz, bello estado
Fidel is about to say goodbyeFidel ya se va a despedir

I was FidelYo fui Fidel
Whose life was taken awayA quien le quitaron la vida
The truth that I never believedLa verdad que nunca creía
That my friend would do itQue mi amigo lo fuera a hacer

In front ofEn frente de
My dear motherDe mi madrecita querida
My friend took my lifeMi amigo me quitó la vida
And my wife was an accompliceY fue cómplice mi mujer

I was FidelYo fui Fidel