La Tragedia Del Vaquero

The Cowboy's Tragedy

La Tragedia Del Vaquero

Almost sounded twelveCasí sonaban las doce
When that cowboy arrivedCuando llegó aquel vaquero
He unsaddled his horseDescensilló su caballo
And took off his hatY se quitó su sombrero
He came to spend the nightVenia a pasarse la noche
With the prettiest girl in townCon las más linda del pueblo

They were newlywedsEstaban recién casados
He went to work for three daysSalió a trabajar tres días
Burning with desireBajó ardiendo en deseos
For the woman he lovedPor la mujer que él quería
Death was lurkingLa muerte andaba rondando
And no one sensed itY nadie la presentía

It was raining heavilyEstaba lloviendo fuerte
They were lulled by the drippingCon el goteo se arrullaban
Because they didn't noticePorque no se percataron
When the cowboy arrivedCuando el vaquero llegaba
A lightning bolt illuminatedUn relámpago alumbró
Two bodies in bedA dos cuerpos en la cama

Hatred blinded his mindEl odio cegó su mente
He aimed at them in rageCon rabia les apuntaba
Gunshots were heardSe oyeron detonaciones
Until the bullets ran outHasta acabarse las balas
He wanted to avenge the offenseQuería cobrarse la ofensa
That's what he thoughtEso era lo que él pensaba

When he discovered the bodiesCuando descubrió los cuerpos
He wanted to die of sadnessQuiso morir de tristeza
First, he hugged his wifePrimero, abrazó a su esposa
Then his dead motherDespués a su madre muerta
The storm was nightLa tempestad era noche
He gave them a surpriseLes regaló una sorpresa

His mother, due to the distanceSu madre por la distancia
Visited them very littleMuy poco los visitaba
And felt fearfulY se sentía temerosa
If the sky was lightningSi el cielo relampagueaba
That's why they slept togetherPor eso durmieron juntas
To feel accompaniedPor sentirse acompañadas

After they were buriedDespués que las enterraron
A shot was heard in the distanceSe oyó un disparo a lo lejos
The tragedy was foreseenSe presentía la tragedia
By the eventsPor los acontecimientos
Where a shot was heardEn donde se oyó un disparo
The cowboy was deadEstaba el vaquero muerto