El Melón Lyrics in English El Fantasma
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Melón by El Fantasma from Spanish to English.
Voy a escribir unos versos
I'm going to write some verses
Tengo la pluma en la mano
I have the pen in my hand
Ya mataron al melón
They already killed the melon
Compañero del gitano
Gypsy's Companion
El día 21 de Agosto
On August 21
Presente lo tengo yo
I have it present
En el rancho del Pozo Hondo
At the Pozo Hondo ranch
La desgracia sucedió
The misfortune happened
Les cayó la judicial
The court fell to them
Al melón iba aprender
I was going to learn the melon
Pero dio muerte primero
But he killed first
A Don Salvador Rangel
To Don Salvador Rangel
Que creía la judicial
What did the court believe?
Que la llevaba segura
That he carried her safely
Pero ahí se equivoco
But there he was wrong
Se encontró la tranca dura
The hard lock was found
Pobre Tomás Castañeda
Poor Tomás Castañeda
A los tiros despertó
He woke up to the shots
Con la pistola en la mano
With gun in hand
Del tapanco se bajo
He got off the cover
Del tapanco se bajó
He got down from the tapanco
Ya con su mal pensamiento
Already with your bad thinking
Al encontrar su rival
Finding your rival
Se dispararon a un tiempo
They were fired at the same time
Ya decía Tomas Castañeda
Tomas Castañeda already said
En este rancho hay desquite
In this ranch there is revenge
Adiós pueblo de Tecuala
Goodbye town of Tecuala
Y también de San Felipe
And also from San Felipe
Jefe de la judicial
Head of the judiciary
Que la llevaba segura
That he carried her safely
Pero ahí se equivoco
But there he was wrong
Se encontró la tranca dura
The hard lock was found
Vuela, vuela palomita
Fly, fly little dove
Siéntate en aquel limón
Sit on that lemon
Estas son las mañanitas
These are the mornings
Del afamado melón
From the famous melon
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