Quién mató a Carmencita

Who Killed Carmencita

Quién mató a Carmencita

In her best pressed dress, she wentCon su mejor vestido bien planchado, iba
shaking with anxiety, her tears were flowingtemblando de ansiedad sus lágrimas corrían
in the distance, the howls of dogs and honking hornsa los lejos gemidos de perros y de bocinas
the park was dark and the city was asleep.el parque estaba oscuro y la ciudad dormía.

Barely fifteen years old and her life was fadingApenas quince años y su vida marchita
home was suffocating her and school was boringel hogar la aplastaba y el colegio aburría
in the hallways of radios, her heart was racingen pasillos de radios su corazón latía
blinding her eyes, the idols of the day.deslumbrando sus ojos los ídolos del día.

The cold dream dealers in magazinesLos fríos traficantes de sueños en revistas
who profit from youth and fatten their pocketsque de la juventud engordan y profitan
twisted her hopes and fed her liestorcieron sus anhelos y le dieron mentiras
bottled happiness, love, and fantasy.la dicha embotellada, amor y fantasía.

Barely fifteen years old and her life was fading...Apenas quince años y su vida marchita...

She ran away, Carmencita diedHuyó, Carmencita murió
the rose bled on her templesen sus sienes la rosa sangró
she left to find her last dream.partió a encontrar su ultima ilusión.

The girl didn’t know they would poison herLa muchacha ignoraba que la envenenarían
that all those fairy tales didn’t belong to her,que toda aquella fábula no le pertenecía,
knowing that world of weed and poolsconocer ese mundo de marihuana y piscina
flying with Braniff International to joy.con Braniff International viajar a la alegría.

Her world was that one, the one from Pila neighborhoodSu mundo era aquél, aquél del barrio Pila
with crushed streets, full of shoutingde calles aplastadas, llenas de griterías
her narrow, low house, helping in the kitchensu casa estrecha y baja, ayudar la cocina
while others got rich, she was dying.mientras agonizaba otros se enriquecían.

The newspapers reported: cause unknown...Los diarios comentaron: causa desconocida...