Muerte Anunciada

Announced Death

Muerte Anunciada

(We interrupt our programming)(Interrumpimos nuestra programación)
(A cable from Medellín, Colombia informs us)(Un cable desde Medellín, Colombia nos informa)
(Pablo Escobar Gaviria has fallen)(Cayó Pablo Escobar Gaviria)
(More details coming soon)(Más detalles en breve)

It was an announced deathEra una muerte anunciada
Since he reached the topDesde que ganó la cima
He turned the world upside downPuso el mundo de cabeza
The cocaine czarEl zar de la cocaína
But he fell in MedellínPero cayó en Medellín
Don Pablo Escobar GaviriaDon Pablo Escobar Gaviria

Valor, money, and cunningValor, dinero y astucia
They took him out of EnvigadoLo sacaron de envigado
In 5 and 10 billionEn 5 y 10 mil millones
His fortune they calculatedSu fortuna calcularon
How come so much money¿Cómo es que tanto dinero
The gringos didn't notice?Los gringos no lo notaron?

Five thousand lives he owedCinco mil vidas debía
He can't deny it anymoreÉl ya no puede negarlo
They already killed dadYa mataron a papá
People were cryingDecía la gente llorando
Close to a hundred thousand peopleCerca de cien mil personas
Accompanied him to the pantheonAl panteón lo acompañaron

Three thousand troopsFueron tres mil efectivos
Managed to catch himLos que lograron cazarle
Sixteen months on the runDieciséis meses huyendo
It was impossible to escapeEra imposible escaparse
What can a man owe¿Qué puede deber el hombre
That he doesn't pay with his life?Que con la vida no pague?

The good people of the worldLas gentes buenas del mundo
Rejected his familySu familia rechazaron
It's a sad epilogueEs un epílogo triste
Forgive me if I offended youPerdón, si los he ofendido
Because man always seeksPorque el hombre siempre busca
What he has never lostLo que jamás ha perdido

The earth doesn't reproachLa tierra no hace reproches
Said his mother in a prayerDijo su madre en un rezo
Because from dust you camePorque del polvo saliste
You will have to cover your bodyTendrás que cubrir tu cuerpo
May God forgive your actionsQue Dios perdone tus actos
Then she prayed a Our FatherDespués rezó un Padre Nuestro