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 killer
99 cabezas les e mandado al panteón si conmigo
I've sent 99 heads to the graveyard; if with me
Se hace el ciento resignado estoy señor
It'll make it a hundred; I'm resigned, sir
A qui en las islas marías
Here in the Marías Islands
Todo el mundo me respeta
Everybody respects me
Puede que sea por horror
Maybe it's from the horror
Que les causa mi careta a aquel que pelea con migo
That my face causes anyone that fights with me
Siempre la vida le cuesta
It always costs him his life
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 wrong
Ya salte del mal camino
Get off that bad road now
Que dios siempre nos perdona cuando nos arrepentimos
That 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 to let him down; I won't return to crime
Aquel machete manchado
That stained machete
Al mar ya fui y lo tire
I already went to the sea and threw it away
Aquella alegre mañana el sapo venia contento
That cheerful morning the Toad came along happy
Le brincan dos criminales de aquel monte tan espeso
Two criminals jumped him from that thick wilderness
Con sus machetes filosos
With their sharp machetes
Le volaron el pescuezo
They sliced his neck off
Lo velaron en la iglesia el cura empezó a estar malo
They held his wake in the church; the priest started getting sick
Otro día por la mañana
Next day in the morning
También lo estaban velando
They were also holding his wake
Antes de morir les dijo
Before dying he said to them
Que me entierren con el sapo
That they 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
Standing beside his client
Cuando están en el juzgado
When they're in the courtroom
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