Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Divorcio De Zenaida by Ramón Ayala from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Carmelita le dijo a Juan José
Carmelita told Juan José
ya no puedo vivir ya mas contigo
I can't live with you anymore
Con mis padres me voy a recoger
I'm going to pick myself up with my parents
Ya te puedes buscar otro cariño
Now you can look for another love
Juan José pensó que lo traicionaba
Juan José thought that he betrayed him
y sintió como un rayo fulminante
and he felt like a lightning bolt
Tu jamás te podrás ir de mi lado
You can never leave my side
Ni en la muerte dejarás de ser mi amante
Not even in death will you stop being my lover
Y de un tiro acabó con Carmelita
And with one shot he finished off Carmelita
Y en la frente le tiró a quemarropa
And she shot him in the forehead at point-blank range
De rodillas la besó en su carita
On her knees she kissed her face.
Y un balazo se dió el mismo en la boca
And a bullet hit himself in the mouth.
Carmelita era de Piedras Negras
Carmelita was from Piedras Negras
Juan José del estado de Guerrero
Juan José from the state of Guerrero
Y ese día en que los dos se conocieron
And that day when the two met
fué al cruzar la frontera de Laredo
I went to cross the border from Laredo
A lo lejos se mira un campo santo
In the distance you can see a holy field
Allí está Carmelita sepultada
Carmelita is buried there
Solo queda un jilguero con su canto
Only one goldfinch remains with its song
y una madre que espera su llegada
and a mother who awaits his arrival
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