| Mamuasel Ivonne era una pebeta
| Mamuasel Ivonne was a pebeta
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| Que en el barrio posta de viejo Montmartre
| That in the post neighborhood of old Montmartre
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| Con su pinta brava de alegre griseta
| With his brave pint of cheerful griseta
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| Animó la fiesta de Les Quatre Arts
| She animated the Les Quatre Arts party
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| Era la papusa del barrio latino
| She was the papusa of the Latin neighborhood
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| Que supo a los puntos del verso inspirar…
| She who knew how to inspire verse points…
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| Pero fue que un día llego un argentino
| But it was that one day an Argentine arrived
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| Y a la francesita la hizo suspirar
| And she made the French girl sigh
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| Madame Ivonne
| Madame Yvonne
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| La Cruz del Sur fue como el signo
| The Southern Cross was like the sign
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| Madame Ivonne
| Madame Yvonne
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| Fue como el signo de tu suerte…
| It was like the sign of your luck…
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| Alondra gris
| gray lark
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| Tu dolor me conmueve
| your pain moves me
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| Tu pena es de nieve…
| Your sorrow is snow…
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| Madame Ivonne…
| Madame Yvonne...
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| Han pasado diez años que zarpó de Francia
| Ten years have passed since she sailed from France
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| Mamuasel Ivonne hoy solo es Madam…
| Mamuasel Ivonne today is only Madam…
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| La que va a ver que todo quedó en la distancia
| The one who is going to see that everything was in the distance
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| Con ojos muy tristes bebe su champán
| With very sad eyes she drinks her champagne
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| Ya no es la papusa del Barrio Latino
| She is no longer the papusa of the Latin Quarter
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| Ya no es la mistonga florcita de lis
| It is no longer the mistonga florcita de lis
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| Ya nada le queda… Ni aquel argentino
| Nothing is left for him anymore... Not even that Argentine
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| Que entre tango y mate la alzó de París | That between tango and mate she raised her from Paris |