Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Los Hermanos Mata by Chalino Sanchez from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Estado de michoacan ya casi
State of Michoacan Almost
Iba anochecer se oyeron 4 balazos
It was going to get dark 4 shots were heard
Y la gente corrió a ver
And people ran to see
Dos hombres estaban muertos
Two men were dead
Y no se sabia por que
And it was not known why
Eran los hermanos mata los que allí
It was the mata brothers who were there
Estaban tendidos , se mataron
They were lying down, they killed themselves
Entre si el motivo fue un novio
Among if the reason was a boyfriend
Por que le mato pedro
Why I kill him Peter
En su rancho el potrerillo
On his ranch the potrerillo
Por que se metió a la milpa
Why he got into the milpa
Por que mato al animal
Why I kill the animal
Y pedro le reclamo hermano
And Peter claimed him brother
Eso esta muy malo
That's very bad
Fue el que saco su pistola
He was the one who pulled out his gun.
Y le empezó a disparar
And he started shooting at him.
Le disparo tres balazos y
I shoot him three times and
Pedro así le decía
Peter said so.
Hermano que estas haciendo por que
Brother what are you doing because
Me quitas la vida, no te importa
You take my life, you don't care
Ver llorar a nuestra madre querida
Seeing our dear mother cry
Pedro era un hombre calmado
Peter was a calm man
Pero también muy
But also very
Valiente el no quería
Brave he didn't want
Diapararle pero ya sentía
Diaparar him but already felt
La muerte también saco su
Death also brought out its
Pistola y le dio un tiro en la
Gun and shot him in the
Su madrecita lloraba si consuelo en
Her little mother cried if comfort in
Por sus hijos adorados eran toda
By his adored children were all
Su ilucion pero dos días después
His ilucion but two days later
Diosito se la llevo
Diosito took her
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