Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Juan Charrasqueado by Pedro Infante from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Por hay andan cantando
For there they are singing
Con mucho sentimiento
with a lot of feeling
El corrido de Juan
John's corrido
Diciendo que borracho y
Saying that drunk and
Entre hartos lo mataron
between fed up they killed him
Y yo quiero decirles lo
And I want to tell you
Que en verdad pasado
what really happened
Cobarde y traicionero así
Cowardly and treacherous like that
Era el charrasqueado cara
It was the ghastly face
A cara jamas se peleaba
He never fought face to face
Era muy poco gallo pa
It was very little rooster pa
Ponerse en la raya y se
Get on the line and be
Sentía valiente no mas
I felt brave no more
Cuando tomaba
when he drank
Yo mate a juan charrasqueado
I killed juan charrasqueado
Porque quiso burlar el honor
Because he wanted to cheat the honor
De la joven mas linda de la
Of the most beautiful young woman in the
Hacienda a quien yo le entregue el corazón
Treasury to whom I give my heart
No quise darle a la mala hoy
I didn't mean to hit the bad today
Le hable pa salir a pelear y
I talked to him to go out to fight and
El cobarde corrió para escaparse
The coward ran to escape
Y como perro lo tuve que matar
And as a dog I had to kill him
Un día que de lejos llegaba
One day that came from afar
Yo a la hacienda me avisaron que
I at the hacienda told me that
Juan charrasqueadooo se había
Juan charrasqueadooo had been
Llevado la hembra que yo adoraba
Taken the female that I adored
Tanto y que no la habían visto
So much and they hadn't seen her
Volver aquel poblado
return to that town
Me eche luego en buscarla
Then I started looking for it
Por todos los lugares
for all the places
Y por fin la encontre en la barranca
And finally I found her in the ravine
Había preferido morir a ser burlada
She had preferred to die than be mocked
Y yo jure cobrarme de juan su cruel
And I swore to collect from Juan his cruel
Yo mate a juan charrasqueado
I killed juan charrasqueado
Porque quiso burlar el honor
Because he wanted to cheat the honor
De la joven mas linda de la
Of the most beautiful young woman in the
Hacienda a quien yo le entregue
Treasury to whom I deliver
No quise darle a la mala pos
I did not want to give the bad position
Le hable pa salir a pelear y
I talked to him to go out to fight and
El cobarde corrió para escaparse
The coward ran to escape
Y como perro lo tuve que matar
And as a dog I had to kill him
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