| La mariposa volaba, volaba la mariposa…
| The butterfly flew, the butterfly flew...
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| Con sus alas verdes y blancas y en las puntas…
| With its green and white wings and at the tips…
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| Pintas rojas.
| Red dots.
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| Primero fue el labarador
| First it was the laborer
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| Que no vio la mariposa
| who did not see the butterfly
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| Tendida sobre la hierba,
| lying on the grass,
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| De su color orgullosa.
| Of its proud color.
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| Slo mir su sembrado
| I only looked at his sown
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| Y pens en tantas cosas
| And I thought of so many things
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| Que hara de sus ganancias
| What will you do with your earnings?
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| Y no vio a la mariposa.
| And he did not see the butterfly.
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| Luego dos enamorados…
| Then two lovers...
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| l ansioso y ella hermosa,
| he eager and she beautiful,
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| Que por mirarse a los ojos
| that for looking into each other's eyes
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| No vieron la mariposa…
| They didn't see the butterfly...
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| Y la hierba se extendi
| And the grass spread
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| Por la espalda de la moza,
| By the back of the girl,
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| Entre suspiros y besos,
| between sighs and kisses,
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| No se ven las mariposas.
| The butterflies are not seen.
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| Poco despus vino un nio,
| Shortly after a boy came,
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| Que no sabe de otra cosa
| That he doesn't know anything else
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| Que corretear por el campo
| What to run around the field
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| Y que ver las mariposas.
| And what to see the butterflies.
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| Pero entonces ella dijo:
| But then she said:
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| «Yo soy demasiado hermosa
| "I am too beautiful
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| Para jugar con un nio»,
| To play with a child»,
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| Y se fue la mariposa.
| And the butterfly left.
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| Finalmente vino un sabio,
| Finally a wise man came,
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| La vio tan maravillosa
| He saw her so wonderful
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| Que dijo «eres divina»,
| That he said "you are divine",
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| Y ella se sinti dichosa.
| And she felt happy.
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| Aquel hombre la llev
| That man took her
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| Como una pieza valiosa,
| Like a valuable piece,
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| Para una gran coleccin
| for a large collection
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| De selectas mariposas.
| Of select butterflies.
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| La mariposa no vuela, no puede la mariposa…
| The butterfly does not fly, the butterfly cannot...
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| Con sus alas verdes y blancas y en las puntas…
| With its green and white wings and at the tips…
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| Pintas rojas. | Red dots. |