| Que cosas, hermano, que tiene la vida
| What things, brother, that life has
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| Yo no la queria cuando la encontré;
| I didn't want her when I found her;
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| Hasta que una noche me dijo resuelta
| Until one night she told me she resolved
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| Ya estoy muy cansada de todo, y se fue
| I'm already very tired of everything, and she left
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| Que cosas, hermano, que tiene la vida
| What things, brother, that life has
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| Desde esse momento la empezé a querer
| From that moment I began to love her
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| Cuantos sacrifícios hice pa olvidarla
| How many sacrifices did I make to forget her
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| En cuantos fandangos mi vida perdi;
| In how many fandangos my life I lost;
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| Quien hubiera dicho que por su cariño
| Who would have said that for his love
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| Que eran tan tumbos como los que di
| That were as tumbles as the ones I gave
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| He tirao la vida por los café.ines
| I've thrown my life for cafes
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| O pa mostrarle a todos que ya la olvidé;
| Or to show everyone that I already forgot her;
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| Pero todo es grupo, al quedarme a solas
| But everything is a group, when I stay alone
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| He llorado, hermano, como una mujer
| I have cried, brother, like a woman
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| Dos años enteros la tuve a mi lado
| Two whole years I had her by my side
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| Y nunca mi ensueños quererla pensé;
| And I never dreamed of loving her, I thought;
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| Queria decirme que loco yo un dia
| He wanted to tell me how crazy I was one day
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| La vida daria por verla otra vez
| I would give life to see her again
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| Que cosas hermano, que tiene la vida
| What things brother, what does life have
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| Si somos muy flojos entrando a querer
| If we are very lazy entering to love
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| Cuantos sacrifícios hice pa olvidarla
| How many sacrifices did I make to forget her
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| En cuantos fandangos…
| In how many fandangos…
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| Que cosas, hermano, que tiene la vida
| What things, brother, that life has
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| Desde aquella noche la empezé a querer | From that night I started to love her |