Juan Martha

Decian que cargaba el diablo

They said he carried the devil

Mentiras no traia nada

Lies, he carried nothing

Lo que traiba en su cintura

What he carried on his waist

Era una pistola escuadra

Was a square-barreled pistol

Robaba y mataba gente

He stole and killed people

Porque asi se divertia

Because that's how he had fun

Su cabeza tenia precio

His head had a price

15 000 Pesos valia

It was worth 15,000 pesos

Juan martha era aguerrido

Juan Martha was tough

Y temido del gobierno

And feared by the government

Los rurales le temian

The rural police feared him

Como si fuera veneno

As if he were poison

Su madrecita lloraba

His dear mother cried

Lloraba y se lo decia

She cried and told him

Si me dieran libre a mi hijo

If they would set my son free

15000 Pesos daria

I would give 15,000 pesos

Ya no llores madrecita

Don't cry anymore, dear mother

Ya no les ofrescas nada

Don't offer them anything

Que llegando a aquel cerrito

When you reach that little hill

Yo me rìo de la acordada

I'll laugh at the authorities

Ya no llores madrecita

Don't cry anymore, dear mother

No me estes atormentando

Don't torment me

Que de 100 vidas que debo

Of the 100 lives I owe

Con una la estoy pagando

With one, I am paying

Esta noche con la luna

Tonight with the moon

Y mañana con el sol

And tomorrow with the sun

Me van a quitar la vida

They will take my life

Sea por el amor de dios

Whether for the love of God

Ya con esta me despido

Now with this, I bid farewell

Pero les dejo una carta

But I leave you a letter

Para que sigan cantando

So you keep singing

El corrido de juan martha

The corrido of Juan Martha