Juan Charrasqueado
Vicente Fernández
Lyrics
Translation
Voy a cantarles un corrido muy mentado
I'm going to sing a highly talked-about corrido
Lo que ha pasado allá en la hacienda de la flor
About what happened over there at the hacienda of the flower
La triste historia de un ranchero enamorado
The sad story of a rancher in love
Que fue borracho parrandero y jugador
Who was a drunkard, reveler, and gambler
Juan se llamaba y lo apodaban charrasqueado
His name was Juan, and they nicknamed him Charrasqueado
Era valiente y arriesgado en el amor
He was brave and daring in love
A las mujeres más bonitas se llevaba
He took the most beautiful women
Que aquellos campos no quedaba ni una flor
So that in those fields not a single flower remained
Un día domingo que se andaba emborrachando
One Sunday, as he was getting drunk
A la cantina le corrieron a avisar
They ran to the cantina to warn him
Cuidate Juan que ya por ahí te andan buscando
Be careful, Juan, they're looking for you
Son muchos hombres no te vallan a matar
There are many men; they might kill you
No tuvo tiempo de montar en su caballo
He didn't have time to mount his horse
Pistola en mano se le hecharon de a monton
With a gun in hand, they pounced on him
Y les gritaba estoy borracho y soy buen gallo
And he shouted, "I'm drunk, and I'm a good rooster"
Cuando una bala atraveso su corazón
When a bullet pierced his heart
Crecio la milpa con la lluvia en el potrero
The cornfield grew with the rain in the pasture
Y las palomas van volando al pedregal
And the doves are flying to the rocky field
Bonitos toros llevan hoy al matadero
Beautiful bulls are taken to the slaughter today
Que buen caballo va montando el caporal
What a good horse the foreman is riding
Ya las campanas del santuario están doblando
Now the bells of the sanctuary are tolling
Todos los fieles se dirigen a resar
All the faithful are heading to pray
Y por la sierra los rancheros van bajando
And through the mountains, the ranchers are descending
A un hombre muerto que lo llevan a enterrar
To a dead man that they are taking to bury
En una choza muy humilde llora un niño
In a very humble hut, a child cries
Las mujeres le aconsejan y se van
The women advise him and leave
Mientras su madre lo consuela con cariños
While his mother consoles him with affection
Mirando al cielo llora y reza por su Juan
Looking at the sky, he cries and prays for his Juan
Aquí termino de cantar este corrido
Here, I finish singing this corrido
De Juan ranchero charrasqueado y burlador
About Juan, the rancher, Charrasqueado, and mocker
Que se creyo de las mujeres consentido
Who believed himself favored by women
Y fue borracho parrandero y jugador
And was a drunkard, reveler, and gambler