Medios Hermanos

Half Brothers

Medios Hermanos

Jose and Alejandro did not grow up togetherJosé y Alejandro no crecieron juntos
For those human thingsPor esas cosas de humanos
The truth is, they looked like twinsLa mera verdad, parecían gemelos
But they were half brothersPero eran medios hermanos

Today I am going to sing to you, and so I will tell youHoy voy a cantarles, y así he de contarles
How the discord beganCómo empezó la discordia
For an Isabel that they both knewPor una Isabel que los dos conocieron
And the two became girlfriendsY los dos hicieron novia

The girl said, she said without shameDecía la muchacha, decía sin desfacha
That she loved them bothQue ella a los dos amaba
And at first he thought they were oneY que al principio creyó que eran uno
Oh, how wrong I wasAy, qué equivocada estaba

One afternoon, by the riverUna tarde, junto al río
On the back of a coltSobre los lomos de un potro
Jose, passionate, kissed ChabeJosé, apasionado, besaba a la Chabe
And then the other one arrivesY en eso que llega el otro

And Hail Mary, ChabelitaY Ave María, Chabelita
What a problem!¡Qué problemón!

Alexander was very courageousMuy grande coraje cargaba Alejandro
Also very big knifeTambién muy grande cuchillo
A hatred in the soul that had instilled in himUn odio en el alma que le había infundido
His mother since he was a childSu madre desde chiquillo

He launched his horse at the coupleSobre la pareja lanzó su caballo
The three of them fell into the riverCayendo los tres al río
The water stained with the same bloodEl agua teñida con la misma sangre
Chabela alone and coldChabela sola y con frío

Hear me, jealous mothersÓiganme, madres celosas
How sad this story soundsQué triste se oye esta historia
Two half brothers who did not love each otherDos medios hermanos que no se quisieron
May God have them in his gloryQue Dios los tenga en su Gloria