Carrera Contra La Muerte

Race Against Death

Carrera Contra La Muerte

He wanted to beat deathQuiso ganarle a la muerte
He wanted to win the raceQuiso ganar la carrera
Three years without seeing herTres años sin verla
And he didn't reach herY no la alcanzó
On a wooden crossEn una cruz de madera
I hang up my white shoesColgo los zapatos blancos
That the wedding dayQue el día de la boda
He promised herEl le prometió
I raise my eyes to the skyAlzo los ojos al cielo
And I shouted I love youY le gritaba te quiero
I am the foreignerSoy el extranjero
That he finally returnedQue al fin regresó
I bring you a lot of moneyTe traigo mucho dinero

The people of the town sayDice la gente del pueblo
That from wanting it so muchQue de tanto quererlo
She diedElla se murió
Under his portraitDebajo de su retrato
She spread out her white dressTendió su vestido blanco
And drowned in tearsY ahogado en el llanto
His voice was heardSu voz se escuchó

(If when I asked for your hand(Si cuando pedí tu mano
We arrived almost nakedLlegamos casi desnudos
To the altar of the churchHasta el altar de la iglesia
And I drag my prideY yo arrastrando mi orgullo
I remember that because we were poorRecuerdo que por ser pobres
We couldn't have a partyNo pudimos tener fiesta
You wanted a white dressTu querías vestido blanco
And I promised youY yo te lo prometí
Even if it's late, I'll leave it there for youAunque tarde ahí te lo dejo
I hope that in the next lifeOjalá que en la otra vida
The world should be more equalEl mundo sea sea más parejo
Because I am without your lovePorque yo sin tu cariño
I won't die of old age)No me moriré de viejo)

Another day in the morningOtro día por la mañana
The foreigner roseSe levantó el extranjero
Your child and your dogSu niño y su perro
And he said goodbyeY se despidió
With great pain he saw the earthCon gran dolor vio la tierra
Where he lived his miseryDonde vivió su miseria
And because of herY por culpa de ella
His beloved diedSu amada murió

At the pace of his horseAl paso de su caballo
They were praying a rosaryIban rezando un rosario
For the novena of the one I adorePor el novenario de la que adoro
On the hillsideEn la ladera del cerro
A gilguero was heard singingSe oyó cantar un gilguero
They say that she sang to them from heavenDicen que del cielo ella les cantó
He wanted to beat deathQuiso ganarle a la muerte
He wanted to win the raceQuiso ganar la carrera
Three years without seeing herTres años sin verla
And he didn't reach herY no la alcanzó