El Huerfano

The Orphan

El Huerfano

A prisoner sang one afternoonUn preso canto una tarde
a very sad songuna muy triste cancion
oh if my parents were aliveay si mis padres vivieran
I wouldn't be here in prisonno estuviera aqui en prision

They would have spoken up for meYa por mi hubieran hablado
they would give me their blessingme darian su bendicion
for the orphan there is no sunpara el huerfano no hay sol
everyone wants to be the fathertodos quieren ser el padre

Cousins, relatives, and brothersPrimos, parientes, y hermanos
are ashamed of my bloodse averguensan de mi sangre
And every step I take are memories of my motherY a cada paso que doy son recuerdos de mi madre

When I got drunkCuando yo me emborrachaba
my mother would come looking for memi madre me iba a buscar

Wherever I wasDonde quiera que me hayaba
she would sadly start to crytriste se ponia a llorar
and if something happened to mey si algo me pasaba
she would come to console meella me iba a consolar

I remember she would sayRecuerdo que mi decia
every time I went out for a walkcuando me salia a pasear

My dear sonHijo de la vida mia
don't take too longno te vayas a tardar
because I fear that one day you won't find meporque temo que algun dia no me vayas a encontrar

Poor thing, my motherPobrecita de mi madre
how pitifully she diedcon que lastima murio
she peacefully fell into the deepest sleepdormidita se quedo en el sueno mas profundo

But unfortunate mePero desgraciado yo
left alone in the worldque quede solo en el mundo

As I cry in my solitudeAl llorar mi soledad
near her gravecerca de su sepultura
oh my god have mercyay dios mio ten piedad
look at my sad bitternessmira mi triste amargura

These tears I shedEstas lagimas que lloro
I don't shed them out of cowardiceno las lloro por cobarde
I shed them because I rememberlas lloro porque me acuerdo
the memories of my motherlos recuerdos de mi madre

From the sky fell a flowerDel cielo cayo una flor
that the wind scatteredque en el viento deshoje
for all my friendspara todos mis amigos
the orphan singsel huerfano les cante