| En medio a mis colores, ay,
| In the middle of my colors, oh,
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| pintando estaba un día, ay,
| I was painting one day, oh,
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| cuando la musa mía, ay,
| when my muse, oh,
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| me vino a tormentar, ay.
| He came to torment me, oh.
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| Ay, con dolor pues dejo
| Oh, with pain because I leave
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| empresa tan feliz
| company so happy
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| cual es de bellae Nice
| which is Bellae Nice
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| las prendas celebrar, ay.
| the garments celebrate, oh.
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| Quiso que yo pintase, ay,
| He wanted me to paint, oh,
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| objeto sobrehumano, ay,
| superhuman object, alas,
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| pero lo quiso en vano, ay,
| but he wanted it in vain, oh,
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| lo tuvo que dejar, ay.
| he had to leave it, alas.
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| Ay, con dolor pues dejo
| Oh, with pain because I leave
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| empresa tan feliz
| company so happy
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| cual es de bellae Nice
| which is Bellae Nice
|
| las prendas celebrar, ay.
| the garments celebrate, oh.
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| Conoce la hermosura, ay,
| Meet the beauty, oh,
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| un corazón vagado, ay,
| a wandering heart, oh,
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| mas su destin malvado, ay,
| but his evil destiny of him, oh,
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| Ie impide de centar, ay.
| It prevents him from centar, alas.
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| Ay, con dolor pues dejo
| Oh, with pain because I leave
|
| empresa tan feliz
| company so happy
|
| cual es de bellae Nice
| which is Bellae Nice
|
| las prendas celebrar, ay.
| the garments celebrate, oh.
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| Surrounded by my colours
| Surrounded by my colors
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| I was painting one day
| I was painting one day
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| when my Muse
| when my Muse
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| came to torment me.
| came to torment me.
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| With sadness then I left
| With sadness then I left
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| my happy task
| my happy task
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| of celebrating the charms
| of celebrating the charms
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| of the fair Nice.
| of the fair Nice.
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| My Muse asked me to depict
| My Muse asked me to picture
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| a more spiritual subject;
| a more spiritual subject;
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| but she asked in vain,
| but she asked in vain,
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| for I could not do so.
| for I could not do so.
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| With sadness then I left
| With sadness then I left
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| my happy task
| my happy task
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| of celebrating the charms
| of celebrating the charms
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| of the fair Nice.
| of the fair Nice.
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| An inconstant heart
| An inconstant heart
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| may know beauty,
| mayknowbeauty,
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| but its cruel destiny
| but its cruel destiny
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| prevents it from singing.
| prevents it from singing.
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| With sadness then I left
| With sadness then I left
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| my happy task
| my happy task
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| of celebrating the charms
| of celebrating the charms
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| of the fair Nice. | of the fair Nice. |