Miguel Aceves Mejía — El Prisionero song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "El Prisionero" by Miguel Aceves Mejía.
Lyrics
Preso me encuentro tras de la reja
Tras de la reja de mi prisión
Cantar quisiera, llorar no puedo
Las tristes quejas del corazón
Si no es la barca ni la falúa
Lo que me espera en el ancho mar
Es el terrible San Juan de Ulúa
Donde mis culpas voy a pagar
Una mañana salí a jurado
Ay cielo santo, lo que pasó
El veredicto deliberado
Como a un culpable me condenó
Pena de muerte pedía el agente
Ay, cielo santo, lo que sentí
Y lo confieso sinceramente
Que como un niño me estremecí
Hace tres días que la bartolina
Un pajarito vino a cantar
Era mi madre que en forma de ángel
A su hijo amado vino a llorar
Cuando haya muerto, y entre los mares
Vayan mis restos a descansar
Una plegaria pa el sentenciado
Que fué asesino de tanto amar
Lyrics translation
Prisoner I'm behind the fence
Behind the fence of my prison
I'd like to sing, cry I can't
The sad complaints of the heart
If it's not the boat or the fault
What awaits me in the wide sea
It is the terrible St. John of Ulua
Where my guilt I'll pay
One morning I went out to jury
Oh, my god, what happened
The deliberate verdict
As a guilty man convicted me
Death penalty demanded the officer
Oh, good heavens, what I felt
And I confess it sincerely
That as a child I shuddered
It's been three days since bartolina
A little bird came to sing
It was my mother who in the form of an angel
To his beloved son came to cry
When he is dead, and among the seas
Go my remains to rest
A prayer for the sentenced
That he was the murderer of so much love