| Milonguera bullanguera, que la vas de alma de loca
| Noisy milonguera, that you go for it with a crazy soul
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| La que con tu risa alegre vibrar hace el cabaret
| The one that makes the cabaret vibrate with your happy laughter
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| La que lleva la alegria en los ojos y en la boca
| The one that carries joy in the eyes and in the mouth
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| La que siempre fue la reina de la farra y del placer
| The one who was always the queen of partying and pleasure
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| Todo el mundo te conoce de alocada y jaranera
| Everyone knows you as crazy and reveler
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| Todo el mundo dudaria lo que yo puedo jurar
| Everyone would doubt what I can swear
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| Que te he visto la otra noche, parada en una vidriera
| That I saw you the other night, standing in a shop window
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| Contemplando una muñeca con deseos de llorar
| Contemplating a doll with desire to cry
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| Te pregunté que tenias y me respondiste: nada
| I asked you what you had and you answered me: nothing
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| Adivinando al verte, tan turbada
| Guessing when seeing you, so disturbed
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| Que era tu intento ocultarme la verdad
| That it was your attempt to hide the truth from me
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| La sonrisa que tus labios dibujaban quedó helada
| The smile that your lips drew was frozen
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| Y una imprevista lágrima traidora
| And an unexpected treacherous tear
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| Como una perla de tus ojos fue a rodar
| Like a pearl from your eyes it went to roll
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| Quién diria, milonguera, vos que siempre te reíste
| Who would have thought, milonguera, you who always laughed
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| Vos que siempre te burlaste de las penas y del amor
| You who always made fun of sorrows and love
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| Ibas a mostrar la hilacha, poniendote seria y triste
| You were going to show the lint, getting serious and sad
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| Ante una humilde muñeca, modestita y sin valor
| Before a humble doll, modest and worthless
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| No te aflijas, milonguita, yo te guardaré el secreto
| Don't worry, milonguita, I'll keep your secret
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| Por mi nunca sabrá nadie que has dejado de reir
| Because of me no one will ever know that you have stopped laughing
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| Mas no vuelvas a mirar a la pobre muñequita
| But don't look at the poor little doll again
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| Que te recuerde los dias que ya no podrás vivir
| That it reminds you of the days that you will no longer be able to live
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| Rie siempre milonguera bullanguera casquivana
| Laugh always milonguera noisy casquivana
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| Para que quieres amargar tu vida
| Why do you want to embitter your life?
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| Pensando en cosas que no pueden ser
| Thinking of things that cannot be
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| Corre un velo a tu pasado, sé milonga, sé mundana
| Throw a veil on your past, be milonga, be worldly
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| Para que así así los hombres no descubran tus amarguras
| So that men do not discover your bitterness
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| Tus ternuras de mujer | Your tenderness as a woman |