Manuel Juarez

Manuel Juarez

Manuel Juarez

On a small ranch in the mountainsEn un ranchito en la sierra
Manuel Juarez lived happilyFeliz vivía Manuel Juárez
Leasing your horsesArrendando sus caballos
Taking care of your propertiesCuidando sus propiedades
Working his land wellTrabajando bien su tierra
He rarely went out to the citiesPoco salía a las ciudades

Her flat was prettyBonita estaba su chata
They were newly marriedEstaban recién casados
They lived in an adobe houseVivían en casa de adobe
But very much in lovePero bien enamorados

The fourth Friday fair, gentlemenLa feria del cuarto viernes, señores
It was celebrated in the villageSe celebraba en el pueblo
Near EasterCerca de Semana Santa
But the devil was on the loosePero andaba suelto el diablo

Manuel saddles a mareManuel ensilla una yegua
Also his finest coltTambién su potro más fino
With his smile and his flatCon su sonrisa y su chata
Heading towards the town he cameCon rumbo al pueblo se vino
Wow! What bad luck!¡Caramba! ¡Qué mala pata!
What a twist of fate!¡Qué jugada del destino!

A guy screams in the streetUn tipo grita en la calle
Oh, what cool hips!¡Ay, qué re chulas caderas!
He didn't mean the mareNo se refería a la yegua
And those are the soot onesY esas sí son tiznaderas

Manuel turned the colt aroundManuel le dio vuelta al potro
The other one took out a gunEl otro sacó pistola
Juarez, wounded in the armJuárez, herido de un brazo
The other, dead, curled upEl otro, muerto, hecho bola
On the horse's legsEn las patas del caballo
That Manuel Juarez adoresQue Manuel Juárez adora

There were witnesses to the caseTestigos hubo del caso
And although Manuel was arrestedY aunque a Manuel apresaron
After investigationsLuego de averiguaciones
They set him freeEn libertad lo dejaron
While quietlyMientras que calladamente
They buried the snoutAl hocicón sepultaron

And in a little ranch in the mountainsY en un ranchito en la sierra
Manuel Juarez lives thereAllá vive Manuel Juárez
With his children and his flatbed truckCon sus hijos y su chata
He has few friendsTiene pocas amistades
He works with horses and landTrabaja cuacos y tierra
He doesn't go out to the cities anymoreYa no sale a la ciudades

With this I say goodbye, gentlemenYo con esta me despido, señores
And I remind you of one thingY les recuerdo una cosa
Even if the rancher is humbleQue aunque sea humilde el ranchero
You have to respect his wifeHay que respetar su esposa