El Sapo Lyrics in English Chalino Sanchez
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Sapo by Chalino Sanchez from Spanish to English.
A mi me apodan el sapo por prieto
They call me "the toad" because I'm dark
Feo y matón
Ugly and a thug
99 cabezas les e mandado al panteón si conmigo
I've sent 99 heads to the cemetery if someone
Se hace el ciento resignado estoy señor
Messes with me, I'm resigned, sir
A qui en las islas marías
Here in the Marías Islands
Todo el mundo me respeta
Everyone respects me
Puede que sea por horror
Maybe it's because of the horror
Que les causa mi careta a aquel que pelea con migo
That my mask causes them, to those who fight with me
Siempre la vida le cuesta
Life always costs them
El sacerdote de aquí
The priest here
Se hizo mi mas fiel amigo
Became my most loyal friend
Me dijo sapo andas mal
He told me, "Toad, you're going down the wrong path
Ya salte del mal camino
Get out of the bad way
Que dios siempre nos perdona cuando nos arrepentimos
Because God always forgives us when we repent"
Me hizo jurar ante cristo jamás volver a matar
He made me swear before Christ to never kill again
Y no pienso defraudarlo al crimen no volveré
And I don't plan on disappointing him, I won't return to crime
Aquel machete manchado
That blood-stained machete
Al mar ya fui y lo tire
I threw it into the sea
Aquella alegre mañana el sapo venia contento
That joyful morning, the toad was coming happily
Le brincan dos criminales de aquel monte tan espeso
Two criminals jumped him from that dense mountain
Con sus machetes filosos
With their sharp machetes
Le volaron el pescuezo
They cut off his head
Lo velaron en la iglesia el cura empezó a estar malo
They held his wake in the church, the priest started feeling sick
Otro día por la mañana
Another day in the morning
También lo estaban velando
They were also holding his wake
Antes de morir les dijo
Before dying, he told them
Que me entierren con el sapo
To bury me with the toad
Se encuentran dos tumbas juntas la del cura y la del sapo
Two graves are found together, the priest's and the toad's
Se fue a llevárselo a dios
He went to take him to God
Como cualquier abogado
Like any lawyer
Por un lado de su cliente
On one side of his client
Cuando están en el juzgado
When they're in court
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