El General y el Sargento

The General and the Sergeant

El General y el Sargento

In a forgotten little town, there's a hidden graveEn un pueblito olvidado, hay una tumba escondida
that no one has visited, believe it or notque nadie ha visitado, aunque parezca mentira
I'm going to tell you about the life of a retired Generalde un General retirado voy a contarles su vida.

Trinidad was his name and Reyes his last nameTrinidad era su nombre y Reyes su apelativo
he knew how to handle weapons, at the edge of his triggersabia manejar las armas, al filo de su gatillo
many lost their lives, Parral witnessed thatmuchos perdieron la vida, de eso Parral fue testigo
with orders to arrest him, Luis Garcia was sentcon ordenes de arrestarlo mandaron a Luis Garcia
you only bring me flowers, and we still need to seesolo con flores me llevas, y falta ver todavia
who of the two needs the 4 lit candles.quien de los dos necesita, las 4 velas prendidas.

Garcia remained silent, but then he saidGarcia en silencio quedo, pero al momento decia
before becoming a soldier, he already knew the rulesantes de ser militar, las reglas ya conocia
forgive me, General, is this your life or mine?perdone Ud. General esta es su vida o la mia.

They looked at each other for a moment, everything fell silentSe miraron a un momento, todo en silencio quedo
and the General grabbed the Sergeant by the necky el General al Sargento por el cuello lo agarro
everything happened so violently, that one of them felltodo paso tan violento, que uno de los dos cayo.

Only one shot was heard, the bullet whistled in the windSolo un balazo se oyo, la bala silvo en el viento
Reyes tried to shoot but failed in the attemptReyes quizo disparar pero fallo en el intento
the General fell dead, the Sergeant was faster.muerto cayo el General, fue mas veloz el Sargento.