| Nabori, en donde tu amor acabó
| Nabori, where your love ended
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| Nabori, lamento de tu corazón
| Nabori, lament of your heart
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| Nabori, en donde tu amor acabó
| Nabori, where your love ended
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| Nabori, lamento de tu corazón
| Nabori, lament of your heart
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| Nabori por siempre se te negó
| Nabori forever denied you
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| Como un castigo cruel
| Like a cruel punishment
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| Lo que tu alma soñó
| What your soul dreamed
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| Ni esperanza de paz
| no hope of peace
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| Ni esperanza de amor
| no hope of love
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| Caña, trapiche y molienda
| Cane, mill and grinding
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| De sol a sol, coro, vení vení
| From sunrise to sunset, choir, come come
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| Nabori, en donde tu amor acabó
| Nabori, where your love ended
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| Nabori, lamento de tu corazón
| Nabori, lament of your heart
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| Coro:
| Chorus:
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| (Nabori, lamento de tu corazón)
| (Nabori, lament of your heart)
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| Allí mismo tu corazón acabó
| right there your heart ended
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| Allí mismo te quedaste
| you stayed right there
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| Bregando tú en el fogón
| Fighting you in the stove
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| Y como abusan de mi negra
| And how they abuse my black
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| No le dan un chancecito
| They don't give him a little chance
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| Pa’que venga a gozar la rumba y el rico son
| So that he comes to enjoy the rumba and the rich are
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| Nabori, bori, bori
| Nabori, bori, bori
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| Yo te traigo la salsa que me pediste
| I'll bring you the sauce you asked for
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| Que yo la tengo mira buena pa’ti, pa’ti
| That I have it, look good for you, for you
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| Mi corazón. | My heart. |
| mi corazón
| my heart
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| Por qué va a seguir llorando?
| Why will you keep crying?
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| Esto se pone bueno, que si que si
| This is getting good, yes yes
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| Mamacita con la caña, el trapiche
| Mamacita with the cane, the trapiche
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| Y toda esa molienda
| And all that grinding
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| De ahi nace la rumba y esta rumba es para ti
| From there the rumba is born and this rumba is for you
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| De la noche a la mañana
| From overnight
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| No te dan un chance mami
| They don't give you a chance mommy
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| Pa’la rumba. | For the rumba |
| la rumba, la rumba vení, vení
| the rumba, the rumba come, come
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| Pero yo sé que la rumba siempre
| But I know that the rumba always
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| Se pone, buena, buena, buena, buena
| It gets, good, good, good, good
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| esta rumba es para tí | this rumba is for you |