| Luisa Maria era una linda niña
| Luisa Maria was a pretty girl
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| y ha sus 15 años parecia una flor
| and she is 15 years old she looked like a flower
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| eran sus ojos como dos luceros
| Her eyes were like two stars
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| que dejaban preso cualquiero corazon
| that left any heart imprisoned
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| y como todos tenia sus defectos
| and like everyone had their flaws
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| quiso hacer su vida a su voluntad
| she wanted to make her life her own
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| y no escuchaba consejos de nadie
| and she didn't listen to anyone's advice
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| incluyendo a sus padres
| including their parents
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| siempre le ingnoro
| I always ignore him
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| se enojaba si la regañaban
| she got angry if she was scolded
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| se creyo muy sana luisa maria
| she thought she was very healthy luisa maria
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| y una tarde sin que lo supieran
| and one afternoon without them knowing
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| decidio marcharse a la gran ciudad
| decided to go to the big city
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| recogio lo poco que tenia
| I picked up what little she had
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| y se marcho maria sin mirar atras
| and she left maria without looking back
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| (coro)
| (chorus)
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| y se fue en busca de olvidar
| and she went in search of forgetting
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| y se fue en busca de libertad
| and she went in search of freedom
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| y se fue en busca de olvidar
| and she went in search of forgetting
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| y se fue en busca de libertad
| and she went in search of freedom
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| luisa maria pronto se dacuenta
| Luisa Maria soon realizes
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| que las cosas no eran como ella penso
| that things were not as she thought
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| al poco tiempo se be sin dinero
| soon after he drinks without money
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| y la pobre maria no sabe que hacer
| and poor maria doesn't know what to do
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| y como no sabe hacer de nada
| and since she doesn't know how to do anything
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| termino en la puerta de un cabaret
| I end up at the door of a cabaret
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| donde vende todos sus encantos
| where she sells all her charms
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| como era muy linda le iba muy bien
| as she was very pretty she was doing very well
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| luisa maria donde, estas donde estas
| luisa maria where are you where are you
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| luisa maria donde, estas donde estas
| luisa maria where are you where are you
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| pasa el tiempo y luisa maria
| time passes and luisa maria
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| ya no es una niña, es toda una mujer
| she is no longer a girl, she is a woman
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| que no se acuerda ya de su familia
| that she no longer remembers her family
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| y a pesar de todo se siente feliz
| and despite everything she feels happy
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| y su madre mirando hacia el cielo
| and her mother looking up at the sky
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| a dios solo le pide que cuide a su hija
| he only asks god to take care of his daughter
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| luisa maria no se daba cuenta
| luisa maria did not realize
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| que poquito a poco se le va la vida
| that little by little his life goes away
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| hasta que llegaron los problemas
| until the problems came
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| y decide hacerse una rebicion
| and she decides to make a reception
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| luisa maria, gran sorpresa se llevo
| luisa maria, she got a big surprise
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| luisa maria, gran sorpresa se llevo
| luisa maria, she got a big surprise
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| toda su vida y sus mejores años
| of her all her life of her and her best years
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| se desvanecieron en un cabaret
| they vanished in a cabaret
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| luisa maria casi moribunda
| luisa maria almost dying
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| regreso a su tierra que le bio nacer
| return to her land of her that was bio born
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| y su madre lloraba de pena
| and her mother wept with sorrow
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| al ver lo que quedaba de su pobre hija
| seeing what was left of his poor daughter
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| y una tarde de sus 20 años
| and one afternoon of his 20 years
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| en brazos de su madre se murio maria
| Maria died in her mother's arms
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| (coro)
| (chorus)
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| y se fue y ya no volvera,
| and she left and won't come back,
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| y se fue y ya no volvera,
| and she left and won't come back,
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| y se fue y ya no volvera,
| and she left and won't come back,
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| y se fue y ya no volvera,
| and she left and won't come back,
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| y se fue y ya no volvera,
| and she left and won't come back,
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| y se fue y ya no volvera. | and she left and will never come back. |