La Carcel De Sing Sing
Alci Acosta Lyrics

Ayer yo visitй la cбrcel de Sing Sing
Yesterday I visited the Sing Sing prison.

Y en una de sus celdas solitarias, Un hombre se encontraba arrodillado al Redentor:
And in one of its lonely cells, a man was kneeling before the Redeemer:

Piedad, piedad de mн, mi Gran Seсor.
Mercy, mercy on me, my Great Lord.

Mas, cuando me mirу, a mн se abalanzу; Y con voz temblorosa y recortada:
But when he saw me, he rushed towards me; And with a trembling and clipped voice:

Escucha, triste hermano, esta horrible confesiуn; Aquн, yo condenado a muerte estoy...
Listen, sad brother, to this horrible confession; Here, I am condemned to death...

Yo tuve que matar a un ser que quise amar Y, aunque aъn estando muerta, yo la quiero...
I had to kill someone I loved and even though she's still dead, I love her...

Al verla con su amante, a los dos los matй, Por culpa de ese infame morirй.
When I saw her with her lover, I killed them both, and because of that infamous act, I will die.

Minutos nada mбs me quedan ya para expirar, La silla lista estб, la cбmara tambiйn.
Only a few minutes are left for me to die, the chair is ready, and the camera too.

A mi pobre viejita, que desesperada estб, Entrйguele este recuerdo de mн.
Give my poor little mother, who is desperate, this memory of me.