El Perro Negro (Original Version) Lyrics in English by José Alfredo Jiménez
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Perro Negro (Original Version) by José Alfredo Jiménez from Spanish to English.
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Al otro lado del puente
On the other side of the bridge
De La Piedad, Michoacán
In La Piedad, Michoacán
Vivía Gilberto, el valiente
Lived Gilberto, the brave one
Nacido en Apatzingán
Born in Apatzingán
Siempre con un perro negro
Always with a black dog
Que era su noble guardián
Who was his noble guardian
Quería vivir con la Lupe
He wanted to be with Lupe
La novia de don Julián
Don Julián’s girlfriend
Hombre de muncho dinero
A man of great wealth
Acostumbrado a mandar
Accustomed to giving orders
Él ya sabía de Gilberto
He already knew about Gilberto
Y lo pensaba matar
And planned to kill him
Un día que no estaba el perro
One day when the dog was away
Llegó buscando al rival
He came looking for his rival
Gilberto estaba dormido
Gilberto was asleep
Ya no volvió a despertar
He never woke up again
En eso se oyó un aullido
Just then, a howl was heard
Cuentan de un perro del mal
They say it was an evil dog
Era el negro, embravecido
It was the black one, enraged
Que dio muerte a don Julián
Who killed Don Julián
Allí quedaron los cuerpos
There the bodies lay
Lupita, no fue a llorar
Lupita didn’t go to mourn
Cortó las flores más lindas
She cut the prettiest flowers
Como pa' hacer un altar
As if to make an altar
Y las llevó hasta una tumba
And carried them to a grave
Del panteón municipal
In the municipal cemetery
Allí estaba echado un perro
There lay a dog
Sin comer y sin dormir
Without food or sleep
Quería mirar a su dueño
He wanted to look at his master
No le importaba vivir
He didn’t care about living
Así murió el perro negro
That’s how the black dog died
Aquel enorme guardián
That enormous guardian
Que quiso muncho a Gilberto
Who loved Gilberto so much
Y dio muerte a don Julián
And killed Don Julián
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