El preso número nueve, ya lo van a confesar.
Está rezando en la celda con el cura del penal,
Porque ante este amanecer, la vida le han de quitar,
Porque mató a su mujer y un amigo desleal.
Dice asi, al confesar, "Los maté, si señor,
Y si vuelvo a nacer, yo los vuelvo a matar.
Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad.
Yo sé que allá en el cielo el Ser Supremo nos juzgará,
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al más allá."

Ah ya ya ya! [Ya!]

El preso número nueve era un hombre muy cabal.
Iba la noche del duelo, muy contento en su jacal,
Pero al mirar a su amor, en brazos de su rival,
Ardió en pecho el rencor y no se pudo aguantar.
Al sonar el clarin, se formó el pelotón;
Y rumbo al paredón, se oye al preso decir:
"Padre no me arrepiento, ni me da miedo la eternidad.
Yo sé que allá en el cielo el Ser Supremo nos juzgará,
Voy a seguir sus pasos, voy a buscarlos al más allá."

Ah ya ya ya! Ya!

They are hearing the confession of the ninth prisoner.
He is praying in the cell with the prison priest,
Because, before the dawn, they are going to take his life
Because he killed an unfaithful friend and his wife.
In his confession he says, "Yes, Father, I killed them,
And if I am born again, I will kill them again.
Father, I do not repent, nor am I afraid of eternity.
I know there is God up in heaven and that He will judge us.
I am going to follow their footsteps into the hereafter."

Ah ya ya ya! [Ya!]

The ninth prisoner was a real man.
The night of his downfall, he went contentedly to his hut,
But when he saw his love in the arms of his rival,
Rancor arose in his breast and he was unable to control himself.
When the bell sounded, the firing squad was formed;
And from the direction of the low wall, they heard the prisoner say:
"Father, I do not repent, nor am I afraid of eternity.
I know there is God up in heaven and that He will judge us.
I am going to follow their footsteps into the hereafter."

Ah ya ya ya! Ya!