Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Cantor De La Sabana by Juan Farfan from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Por hay andan cantando
For there they are singing
Con mucho sentimiento
With a lot of feeling
El corrido de Juan
John's corrido
Charrasqueado
Charrasqueado
Diciendo que borracho y
Saying that drunk and
Entre hartos lo mataron
Fed up they killed him
Y yo quiero decirles lo
And I want to tell you what
Que en verdad pasado
That in truth past
Cobarde y traicionero así
Cowardly and treacherous like this
Era el charrasqueado cara
It was the charrasqueado expensive
A cara jamas se peleaba
Face never fought
Era muy poco gallo pa
It was very little rooster pa
Ponerse en la raya y se
Put yourself in line and
Sentía valiente no mas
I felt brave no more
Cuando tomaba
When I drank
Yo mate a juan charrasqueado
Yo mate a juan charrasqueado
Porque quiso burlar el honor
Because he wanted to mock honor
De la joven mas linda de la
Of the prettiest young woman in the
Hacienda a quien yo le entregue el corazón
Treasury to whom I give my heart
No quise darle a la mala hoy
I didn't mean to hit the bad one today
Le hable pa salir a pelear y
I talk to him to go out and fight and
El cobarde corrió para escaparse
The coward ran to escape
Y como perro lo tuve que matar.
And as a dog I had to kill him.
Un día que de lejos llegaba
A day that came from afar
Yo a la hacienda me avisaron que
I was told to the hacienda that
Juan charrasqueadooo se había
Juan charrasqueadooo had been
Llevado la hembra que yo adoraba
Taken the female I adored
Tanto y que no la habían visto
So much so that they had not seen it
Volver aquel poblado
Return to that village
Me eche luego en buscarla
I then went looking for it
Por todos los lugares
Everywhere
Y por fin la encontre en la barranca
And finally I found it in the ravine
Había preferido morir a ser burlada
She had preferred to die than to be mocked.
Y yo jure cobrarme de juan su cruel
And I swore to charge me for his cruel John
Yo mate a juan charrasqueado
Yo mate a juan charrasqueado
Porque quiso burlar el honor
Because he wanted to mock honor
De la joven mas linda de la
Of the prettiest young woman in the
Hacienda a quien yo le entregue
Treasury to whom I deliver
No quise darle a la mala pos
I didn't want to give it to the bad pos
Le hable pa salir a pelear y
I talk to him to go out and fight and
El cobarde corrió para escaparse
The coward ran to escape
Y como perro lo tuve que matar.
And as a dog I had to kill him.