El Ausente

The Absent One

El Ausente

Every morningTodas las mañanas
I see an elderly ladyVeo una ancianita
Very desperateMuy desesperada
Asking for her sonPreguntando por su hijo

But she doesn't knowPero ella no sabe
That he was an Absent InmateQue fue Reo Ausente
They captured himSe lo capturaron
And sentenced himY lo condenaron

Listen, Mr. JudgeOiga señor juez
I don't make excusesNo pongo disculpas
I don't ask for forgivenessNo pido perdón
But I beg youPero le suplico

To bring my MotherQue venga mi Madre
I want to see herYo quiero mirarla
Kiss her little eyesBesar sus ojitos
That have cried so muchQue tanto han llorado

Keep in my mindGuardar en mi mente
Her blessed faceSu rostro bendito
That I have witheredQue yo he marchitado
And left aloneY sola he dejado

It's night and in his cellEs de noche y en su celda
A lament is heardSe oye un lamento
It's night and in his cellEs de noche y en su celda
A lament is heardSe oye un lamento

Listen, Mr. JudgeOiga señor juez
I don't make excusesNo pongo disculpas
I don't ask for forgivenessNo pido perdón
But I beg youPero le suplico

To bring my MotherQue venga mi Madre
I want to see herYo quiero mirarla
Kiss her little eyesBesar sus ojitos
That have cried so muchQue tanto han llorado

Keep in my mindGuardar en mi mente
Her blessed faceSu rostro bendito
That I have witheredQue yo he marchitado
And left aloneY sola he dejado

Nobody is freeNadie está libre
We all stumbleTodos tropezamos
Prison of hospitalsCárcel de hospitales
Covers our agesCubre nuestras eras

I will pay for my sinsPagaré mis culpas
And I will be by your sideY estaré a tu lado
To adore youPara así adorarte
And never leave youY nunca dejarte

It's night and in his cellEs de noche y en su celda
A lament is heardSe oye un lamento
It's night and in his cellEs de noche y en su celda
A lament is heardSe oye un lamento

It's night and in his cellEs de noche y en su celda
A lament is heardSe oye un lamento
It's night and in his cellEs de noche y en su celda
A lament is heardSe oye un lamento