| Déjame que te cuente limeño
| Let me tell you limeño
|
| Déjame que te diga la gloria
| let me tell you the glory
|
| Del ensueño
| of the daydream
|
| Que evoca la memoria
| that evokes memory
|
| Del viejo puente, del río, y la alameda
| Of the old bridge, the river, and the mall
|
| Déjame que te cuente limeño
| Let me tell you limeño
|
| Ahora que aún perdura el recuerdo
| Now that the memory still lingers
|
| Ahora que aún se mece un sueño
| Now that a dream still rocks
|
| Del viejo puente, el río y la alameda
| Of the old bridge, the river and the alameda
|
| Jazmines en el pelo
| jasmine in hair
|
| Y rosas en la cara
| And roses on the face
|
| Airosa caminaba, la flor de la canela
| Airosa walked, the flower of cinnamon
|
| Derramaba lisuras y a su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and in her wake she left
|
| Aroma de misturas
| Aroma of mixtures
|
| Que en el pecho llevaba
| That on her chest she carried
|
| Del puente a la alameda
| From the bridge to the mall
|
| Menudo pie la lleva
| what a foot she wears
|
| Por la vereda que se estremece
| Along the sidewalk that shakes
|
| Al ritmo de su cadera
| To the beat of your hip
|
| Recogía la risa de la brisa del río
| She picked up laughter from the river breeze
|
| Y al viento la lanzaba
| And to the wind she threw it
|
| Del puente a la alameda
| From the bridge to the mall
|
| Déjame que te cuente limeño
| Let me tell you limeño
|
| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Deja que te diga moreno
| let me tell you brown
|
| Mis pensamientos
| My thoughts
|
| A ver si así despiertas del sueño
| Let's see if that's how you wake up from sleep
|
| Del sueño que entretiene, moreno
| Of the dream that entertains, dark
|
| Tus sentimientos
| Your feelings
|
| Aspiras de la lisura
| You aspire to smoothness
|
| Que da la flor de canela
| That she gives the cinnamon flower
|
| Adornada con jazmines
| adorned with jasmine
|
| Matizando su hermosura
| nuanced its beauty
|
| Alfombras de nuevo el puente
| Carpets again the bridge
|
| Y engalanas la alameda
| And you decorate the mall
|
| El río acompasará
| The river will flow
|
| Su paso por la vereda
| Her passing along the sidewalk
|
| Déjame que te cuente, limeño
| Let me tell you, limeño
|
| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Deja que te diga moreno
| let me tell you brown
|
| Mi pensamiento
| My thought
|
| A ver si así despiertas del sueño
| Let's see if that's how you wake up from sleep
|
| Del sueño que entretiene, moreno
| Of the dream that entertains, dark
|
| Tu sentimiento
| your feeling
|
| Aspiras de la lisura
| You aspire to smoothness
|
| Que da la flor de canela
| What gives the cinnamon flower
|
| Adornada con jazmines
| adorned with jasmine
|
| Matizando su hermosura
| nuanced its beauty
|
| Alfombras de nuevo el puente
| Carpets again the bridge
|
| Y engalanas la alameda
| And you decorate the mall
|
| El río acompasará
| The river will flow
|
| Su paso por la vereda | Your step along the sidewalk |