El Misterio De Durango

• By: Grupo Laberinto

Lyrics:

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[English]

Oiga usted señor del Olmo

Listen, sir from Olmo

vengo a verlo desde Juarez

I come to see you from Juarez

aunque yo naci en Durango

even though I was born in Durango

si recuerda a los Nevares

if you remember the Nevares

de Santa Maria del Oro

from Santa Maria del Oro

donde usted mato a mi padre

where you killed my father

Mi madre se ahoga en llanto

My mother drowns in tears

yo jugaba en un granero

I played in a barn

apenas tenia cinco años

I was only five years old

como un sueño lo recuerdo

I remember it like a dream

no entendi lo que pasaba

I didn't understand what was happening

pero ahora si lo entiendo

but now I do understand

Yo quise mucho a tu madre

I loved your mother a lot

y la quise hacer mi esposa

and I wanted to make her my wife

cuanto estaba embarazada

when she was pregnant

Juan Nevares me la roba

Juan Nevares stole her from me

se que no vas a creerme

I know you won't believe me

pero asi fueron las cosas

but that's how things were

Espere 22 años

I waited 22 years

para venir a buscarlo

to come looking for you

nunca me he arrancado el odio

I have never removed the hatred

y hoy se me ha metido el diablo

and today the devil has entered me

como usted mato a mi padre

just as you killed my father

yo tambien voy a matarlo

I will also kill you

...

...

Ya pague por esa culpa

I have already paid for that guilt

10 años estve preso

I was imprisoned for 10 years

no me arrepiendo de nada

I do not regret anything

porque no senti ese tiempo

because I didn't feel that time

desde que perdi a tu madre

since I lost your mother

son años que llevo muerto

those are years I have been dead

El muchacho como un loco

The boy, like a madman

le pego cuantro balazos

shot him four times

pero al caer aquel hombre

but as that man fell

miro el lunar en su brazo

he saw the mole on his arm

hasta entonces comprendio

only then did he understand

que a su padre habia matado

that he had killed his father

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
matar /maˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to kill
madre /ˈmaðɾe/ A1	noun - mother
padre /ˈpaðɾe/ A1	noun - father
años /ˈaɲos/ A1	noun - years
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ A2	noun - dream
odio /ˈoðjo/ B1	noun - hatred
culpa /ˈkulpa/ B1	noun - guilt
robar /roˈβaɾ/ A2	verb - to steal
granero /ɡɾaˈneɾo/ B2	noun - barn
lunar /luˈnaɾ/ B2	noun - mole (skin)
comprender /kompɾenˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to understand
buscar /busˈkaɾ/ A2	verb - to search
preso /ˈpɾeso/ B1	noun - prisoner
embarazada /embaɾaˈθaða/ B2	adjective - pregnant
ahogar /aˈoɾɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to drown

Grammar:

• Oiga usted señor del Olmo

  ➔ Imperative form used for direct address.

  ➔ The phrase "Oiga" is the imperative form of the verb "oír" (to hear), used here to command attention.

• aunque yo naci en Durango

  ➔ Use of 'aunque' to express contrast.

  ➔ The word "aunque" means "although" and introduces a contrasting idea.

• yo jugaba en un granero

  ➔ Imperfect tense to describe past actions.

  ➔ The verb "jugaba" is in the imperfect tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past.

• se que no vas a creerme

  ➔ Use of 'se' for reflexive construction.

  ➔ The phrase "se que" translates to "I know that" and introduces a subordinate clause.

• nunca me he arrancado el odio

  ➔ Present perfect tense to indicate an action that has relevance to the present.

  ➔ The phrase "he arrancado" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that has not been completed.

• como usted mato a mi padre

  ➔ Use of 'como' to introduce a comparison.

  ➔ The word "como" means "like" or "as" and is used to draw a comparison.

• El muchacho como un loco

  ➔ Simile using 'como' to compare.

  ➔ The phrase "como un loco" translates to "like a madman," illustrating the intensity of the boy's actions.