El gringo y el mexicano

Sipriano y Rosa Maria

Sipriano and Rosa Maria

dejan a su hijo encargado

leave their son in charge

y como espaldas mojadas,

and like wetbacks,

se cruzan pa'l otro lado.

they cross to the other side.

Pronto, encontraron trabajo,

Soon, they found work

por el rumbo de Mc Allen.

around the McAllen area.

Ella es muy joven y hermosa,

She is very young and beautiful,

y el de los hombres que valen.

and he is a man of worth.

Al gringo, dueño del rancho,

To the gringo, owner of the ranch,

le gusta la hembra al instante.

he likes the woman instantly.

Fue por temor o a menaza

It was out of fear or threat

pero la hizo su amante.

but he made her his lover.

Alguien le avisa a Sipriano,

Someone warns Sipriano,

y este como fiera herida,

and he, like a wounded beast,

con un punal en la mano,

with a dagger in hand,

les quita a los dos la vida.

takes their lives.

Mata primero al gabacho,

He first kills the gringo,

ella asustada gritaba,

she, frightened, screams,

si no le daba mi cuerpo,

if she didn't give her body,

la immigracion nos echaba.

immigration would expel us.

Pero Sipriano jusgando,

But Sipriano, judging,

de su mujer se vengaba.

avenges himself on his wife.

Estuvo veinte anos preso,

He spent twenty years in prison,

hoy al cruzar la frontera

today, crossing the border

en el lado mexicano,

on the Mexican side,

un hombre joven lo espera.

a young man awaits him.

"Padre" le dice al mirarlo.

"Father," he says upon seeing him,

[02:24.22]Lo estrecha contra su pecho,

[02:24.22]He hugs him tightly,

[02:29.56]lo que le hizo a mi madre,

[02:29.56]what he did to my mother,

[02:34.90]le juro que esta bien hecho,

[02:34.90]I swear it's well done,

[02:40.24]yo a usted ya le he perdonado

[02:40.24]I have already forgiven you,

[02:45.58]sin odio y sin egoismo.

[02:45.58]without hatred and without selfishness.

[02:50.92]Y si una mujer me traiciona,

[02:50.92]And if a woman betrays me,

[02:56.26]tambien yo le hago lo mismo.

[02:56.26]I also do the same to her.

[03:01.60]Ya le cante la tragedia

[03:01.60]I have already sung the tragedy

[03:06.95]de un mexicano y un gringo.

[03:06.95]of a Mexican and a gringo.