Los Dos Hermanos
Chavela Vargas
The Two Brothers
This is the new ballad
That I come to sing to you,
About two very good brothers
Who had to fight.
Juan Luis, one was called,
The other Jose Manuel
And the discord began
Because of a bad woman.
Juan Luis arrived at a party,
With the woman he loved,
I have this present,
The year thirty was running.
Then his brother arrived
With the guitar in hand
And started singing verses
Challenging his brother.
Look Juan Luis, what I tell you,
That woman was already mine...
I'm not to blame brother,
I didn't know that...
With his very good gun,
Jose Manuel grabbed it,
With two shots he killed
His brother's woman.
Jose Manuel... What you've done,
Today you will regret...
You killed what I loved,
You will pay with your life...
They went outside
And two shots were heard
And in the doorway
The two brothers lay.
