Manuel Juárez

Manuel Juárez

In a little ranch in the mountainsEn un ranchito en la sierra
Manuel Juárez lived happilyFeliz vivía Manuel Juárez
Renting out his horsesArrendando sus caballos
Taking care of his landCuidando sus propiedades
Working his fields wellTrabajando bien su tierra
Rarely going to the citiesPoco salía a las ciudades

His girl was a beautyBonita estaba su chata
They were newlywedsEstaban recién casados
Living in a mud houseVivían en casa de adobe
But deeply in lovePero bien enamorados

The fair on the fourth Friday, folksLa feria del cuarto viernes, señores
Was celebrated in townSe celebraba en el pueblo
Close to Easter timeCerca de Semana Santa
But the devil was loosePero andaba suelto el diablo

Manuel saddles a mareManuel ensilla una yegua
And his finest colt tooTambién su potro más fino
With his smile and his girlCon su sonrisa y su chata
He headed to townCon rumbo al pueblo se vino
Damn! What bad luck!¡Caramba! ¡Qué mala pata!
What a twist of fate!¡Qué jugada del destino!

A guy shouts in the streetUn tipo grita en la calle
Oh, what gorgeous hips!¡Ay, qué re chulas caderas!
He wasn't talking about the mareNo se refería a la yegua
And those are some real knockoutsY esas sí son tiznaderas

Manuel turned the colt aroundManuel le dio vuelta al potro
The other guy pulled a gunEl otro sacó pistola
Juárez, shot in the armJuárez, herido de un brazo
The other guy, dead, in a heapEl otro, muerto, hecho bola
Under the hooves of the horseEn las patas del caballo
That Manuel Juárez adoresQue Manuel Juárez adora

There were witnesses to the caseTestigos hubo del caso
And even though they arrested ManuelY aunque a Manuel apresaron
After some investigationsLuego de averiguaciones
They let him go freeEn libertad lo dejaron
While quietlyMientras que calladamente
They buried the loudmouthAl hocicón sepultaron

And in a little ranch in the mountainsY en un ranchito en la sierra
There lives Manuel JuárezAllá vive Manuel Juárez
With his kids and his girlCon sus hijos y su chata
He has few friendsTiene pocas amistades
He works horses and landTrabaja cuacos y tierra
No longer goes to the citiesYa no sale a la ciudades

I’ll take my leave with this, folksYo con esta me despido, señores
And I remind you of one thingY les recuerdo una cosa
That even if the rancher is humbleQue aunque sea humilde el ranchero
You must respect his wifeHay que respetar su esposa