El Último Cartucho

The Last Bullet

El Último Cartucho

In a secluded little ranchEn un ranchito apartado
Up high in the mountainsAllá en lo alto de la sierra
Lives a very isolated manVive un hombre muy aislado
As if he were a beastComo si fuera una fiera

He always came down to the townSiempre bajaba al poblado
Without the law knowingSin que la ley lo supiera

Riding a sorrel horseMontando caballo zarco
He was almost always seenCasi siempre se veía
Perhaps looking for affectionTal vez buscaba un cariño
That he so badly neededQue tanta falta le hacía

She was the most beautiful flowerEra la flor más hermosa
In my Santa María estateMi hacienda Santa María

His most cherished dreamSu sueño más anhelado
Finally came true for himPor fin se le realizo
And with the horse's hoovesY ancas de su caballo
He took that young woman awayA esa joven se llevo

He wanted to start a familyQuiso formar su familia
But it was not granted to himY no se le concedió

He had unfinished businessEl tenía cuentas pendientes
With soldiers and rural policeCon soldados y rurales
The government was after himEl gobierno lo buscaba
Since his parents were aliveDesde que vivían sus padres

He, on the other hand, wantedEl por su parte deseaba
To forget about his troublesOlvidarse de sus males

That October nightAquella noche de Octubre
The soldiers surrounded himLos soldados lo rodeaban
Perhaps he thought of surrenderingTal vez pensaba rendirse
And they killed his belovedY le mataron su amada

He wreaks havoc with his rifleHace estragos con su rifle
On anyone he seesA todo el que divisaba

This will cost them dearlyEsto les va ha salir caro
And they will never learnY nunca van a aprenderme
I won't give them that satisfactionYo no les doy ese gusto
They will never be able to shoot meJamás podrán fucilarme

With the last bulletCon el último cartucho
I will only kill myselfYo sólo voy a matarme