Solo Deje Yo Mi Padre

Un día por sorpresa le dije a mi padre

One day by surprise I told my father

Que había decidido viajar hacia el norte

That I had decided to travel to the north

Ya estaba cansado de tanta pobreza

I was tired of so much poverty

Y que yo quería poderlo ayudar

And that I wanted to be able to help him

Con mucha tristeza me dijo mi padre

With much sadness, my father told me

Hijo no te vallas no me dejes solo

Son, don't go, don't leave me alone

Yo ya estoy muy viejo, tal vez cuando vuelvas

I am already very old, maybe when you return

Debajo de tierra me vas encontrar

Under the earth, you will find me

Solo deje yo a mi padre

I left my father alone

Solo labrando la tierra

Alone, working the land

Cuentan que lo oían llorando

They say they heard him crying

Allá junto a su parcela

There next to his plot

Dicen que lo oían resando

They say they heard him praying

Para que a mi bien me fuera

So that things would go well for me

Y que le pedia a los cielos pa' que yo

And he asked the heavens for me

Pronto volviera

To come back soon

Y donde quiera que te encuentres mi viejo

And wherever you are, my old man

Y no llore Montez

And don't cry, Montez

Se fueron los años

Years went by

Muy poco escribia

He wrote very little

Y al paso del tiempo yo me fui olvidando

And over time, I forgot

Pero un día de pronto llego la noticia

But one day suddenly the news came

Que mi viejesito estaba agonizando

That my little old man was agonizing

Ahora que regreso mi padre esta muerto

Now that I return, my father is dead

Como el me lo dijo esta bajo tierra

As he told me, he is under the earth

Y a mí me destrosa el remordimiento

And it destroys me, the remorse

De haberlo dejado solo tanto tiempo

Of having left him alone for so long

Solo deje yo a mi padre

I left my father alone

Solo labrando la tierra

Alone, working the land

Cuentan que lo oían llorando

They say they heard him crying

Allá junto a su parcela

There next to his plot

Dicen que lo oían resando

They say they heard him praying

Para que a mi bien me fuera

So that things would go well for me

Y que le pedia alos cielos

And he asked the heavens

Pa' que yo pronto volviera

For me to come back soon