Juan Martha

Juan Martha

Juan Martha

They said he carried the devilDecían que cargaba el diablo
Lies, he carried nothingMentiras, no traía nada
What he had on his beltLo que traiba en su cintura
Was a semi-automatic pistolEra una pistola escuadra

He robbed and killed peopleRobaba y mataba gente
Because that's how he had funPorque así se divertía
His head had a priceSu cabeza tenía precio
Fifteen thousand pesos it was worthQuince mil pesos valía

Juan Martha was fierceJuan Martha era aguerrido
And feared by the governmentY temido del gobierno
The rural police feared himLos rurales le temían
As if he were poisonComo si fuera veneno

His dear mother criedSu madrecita lloraba
Cried and told himLloraba y se lo decía
If they freed my sonSi me dieran libre a mi hijo
I would give fifteen thousand pesosQuince mil pesos daría

Don't cry anymore, dear motherYa no llores, madrecita
Don't offer them anythingYa no les ofrezcas nada
When I reach that little hillQue llegando a aquel cerrito
I'll laugh at the agreementYo me rio de la acordada

Don't cry anymore, dear motherYa no llores, madrecita
Don't torment meNo me estés atormentando
Of the hundred lives I oweQue de cien vidas que debo
With one, I’m payingCon una, la estoy pagando

Tonight, with the moonEsta noche, con la luna
And tomorrow, with the sunY mañana, con el sol
They will take my lifeMe van a quitar la vida
Be it for the love of GodSea por el amor de Dios

With this I say goodbyeYa con esta me despido
But I leave you a letterPero les dejo una carta
So you can keep singingPara que sigan cantando
The ballad of Juan MarthaEl corrido de Juan Martha