Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Tremendo by El As De La Sierra from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Con permiso de mi compa más tranquilo el
With permission from my calmer compa the
corrido permiso traigo y le sobran para
run permission I bring and you have left over for
recordar a mi amigo
remember my friend
Elías López su nombre tremendo para los
Elías López his name is tremendous for the
por una traición mi compa ahorita se
for a betrayal my compa right now
encuentra preso pero nada lo detiene
he finds a prisoner but nothing stops him
desde adentro reparto el queso tu
from inside I distribute the cheese you
respaldan puros grandes los negocios van
back big cigars business go
Y es cerraron bien la puerta pero el
And they closed the door well but the
fabricó sus llaves él sabía que las
made the keys for him he knew that the
podía ahora ya es gente importante tuvo
could now is already important people had
que sacar reprocho el encierro no es tan
that reproaching the confinement is not so
y él no tener a sus padres en su mente
and he didn't have his parents on his mind
no los olvido la felicidad que él tiene
I do not forget the happiness that he has
con su esposa y sus tres hijas por ellas
with his wife and his three daughters for them
brindaré a poco ella
I will toast a little to her
Indio California
Indian California
a alguien le marcó la vida las
someone's life was marked
traiciones no son buenas son paquete con
betrayals are not good they are package with
envidias ahora el tremendo y es otro
now you envy the tremendous and it is another
recibe órdenes de arriba
take orders from above
mi compa viene de barrio
my compa comes from the neighborhood
48 Avenida 9 de agosto celebran que el
48 Avenida 9 de Agosto celebrate that the
Dios le prestó la vida en el año 86 en
God gave him his life in the year 86 in
con tulia López tu madre
with Tulia López your mother
Teo perdón a su padre es tremendo los
Teo, sorry to his father, it's tremendous
extrañas fueron dos figuras grandes sus
strange were two large figures their
padres ya están con Dios algún día van a
parents are already with God someday they will
vuelva con su frente en alto su mente
come back with your head held high your mind
bien preparada una bendición de sus
well prepared a blessing from your
padres y una promesa guardada de visitar
parents and a kept promise to visit
a su madre adorada
to his beloved mother