| En el café de Levante, entre palmas y alegría
| In the Levante cafe, between palms and joy
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| Cantaba la Zarzamora
| The blackberry sang
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| Se lo pusieron de mote porque dicen que tenía
| They gave him a nickname because they say he had
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| Los ojos como la mora
| eyes like blackberry
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| Le habló primero a un tratante, y olé
| She spoke first to a trafficker, and olé
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| Y luego fue de un marqué
| And then it was from a marquis
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| Que la llenó de brillantes, y olé
| That filled it with diamonds, and olé
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| De la cabeza a los pié
| From head to toe
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| Decía la gente que si era de hielo
| People said that if she was made of ice
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| Que si de los hombres se estaba burlando
| What if he was making fun of men
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| Hasta que una noche, con rabia de celos
| Until one night, in a rage of jealousy
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| A la Zarzamora pillaron llorando
| Zarzamora was caught crying
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| ¿Qué tiene la Zarzamora
| What does the Blackberry have
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| Que a todas horas llora que llora
| That at all hours cries that cries
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| Por los rincones?
| around the corners?
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| Ella que siempre reía
| She who always laughed
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| Y presumía de que partía
| And she bragged that she was leaving
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| Los corazones
| The hearts
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| «Lleva anillo de casao»
| "He wears a wedding ring"
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| Me vinieron a desí
| they came to me desi
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| Pero ya lo había besao
| But she had already kissed him
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| Y era tarde para mí
| And it was late for me
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| Que publiquen mi pecao
| that they publish my sin
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| Y el pesar que me devora
| And the sorrow that devours me
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| Y que tos me den de lao
| And what a cough give me lao
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| Al saber del querer desgrasiao
| When knowing about wanting to be miserable
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| Que embrujó a la Zarzamora
| That bewitched the Blackberry
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| Que publiquen mi pecao
| that they publish my sin
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| Y el pesar que me devora
| And the sorrow that devours me
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| Y que tos me den de lao
| And what a cough give me lao
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| Al saber del querer desgrasiao
| When knowing about wanting to be miserable
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| Que embrujó a la Zarzamora | That bewitched the Blackberry |