Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Medios Hermanos by Joan Sebastian from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
José y Alejandro no crecieron juntos
José and Alejandro didn't grow up together
Por esas cosas de humanos
For those human things
La mera verdad parecian gemelos
The mere truth looked like twins
Pero eran medios hermanos
But they were half brothers
Hoy voy a cantarles y asi he de contarles
Today I'm going to sing to you and so I have to tell you
Como empezo la discordia
How the discord started
Por una Isabel que los dos conocieron
For an Isabel that the two knew
Y los dos hicieron novia
And the two became a girlfriend
Decia la muchacha, decia sin desfacha
The girl said, she said without cheek
Que ella a los dos amaba
That she loved them both
Y que al principio creyo que eran uno
And that at first I thought they were one
Ay que equivocada estaba
Oh how wrong I was
Una tarde junto al rio
An afternoon by the river
Sobre los lomos de un potro
On the back of a colt
José apasionado besaba a la 'Chabe'
José passionately kissed the 'Chabe'
Y en eso que llega el otro
And in that the other arrives
'Y Ave María Chabelita
'And Hail Maria Chabelita
Que problemon'
What a problem
Muy grande coraje cargaba Alejandro
Very great courage Alexander carried
Tambien muy grande cuchillo
Also very big knife
Un odio en el alma que le habia infundido
A hatred in the soul that I had instilled
Su madre desde chiquillo
His mother since he was a child
Sobre la pareja lanzo su caballo
On the couple he threw his horse
Cayendo los tres al rio
Falling the three to the river
El agua teñida con la misma sangre
The water stained with the same blood
Chabela sola y con frio
Chabela alone and with cold
Oiganme madres celosas
Hear me jealous mothers
Que triste se oye esta historia
How sad this story is
Dos medios hermanos que no se quisieron
Two half brothers who did not love each other
Que Dios los tenga en su Gloria
May God have you in his glory
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