| Que nunca me olvidaría
| that I would never forget
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| Siempre sabia jurar
| I always knew how to swear
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| Hoy, que me encuentro tan lejos
| Today, when I am so far away
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| ¿quién sabe, mi alma, si se acordará?
| who knows, my soul, if he will remember?
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| La pobre esperanza mía
| my poor hope
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| Mucho me supo ayudar
| He knew how to help me a lot
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| Hoy me lastiman las dudas:
| Today doubts hurt me:
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| ¿quién sabe, mi alma, si se acordará?
| who knows, my soul, if he will remember?
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| Me acuesto sobre el apero;
| I lie on the implement;
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| Triste me pongo a pensar:
| Sad I start to think:
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| Toda la vida es ausencia
| All life is absence
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| ¿quién sabe, mi alma, si se acordará?
| who knows, my soul, if he will remember?
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| Esta zambita andariega
| This wandering zambita
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| Nacida en el arenal
| Born in the sand
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| De tanto vagar conmigo
| From so much wandering with me
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| Sabe mi pena de andar y de andar
| He knows my pain of walking and walking
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| Nunca me ha dado la vida
| has never given me life
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| Un rancho donde soñar
| A ranch where to dream
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| Yo me desangro en la huella
| I bleed on the track
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| ¿quién sabe, mi alma, si se acordará?
| who knows, my soul, if he will remember?
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| Andariego: dícese del que anda o camina
| Andariego: said of the one who walks or walks
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| Apero: arreo o montura del caballo
| Apero: harness or horse saddle
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| Rancho: (americ) granja o cobertizo donde se guarda ganado; | Rancho: (Americ) farm or shed where cattle are kept; |
| choza o casa de
| hut or house
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| ramas y paja
| branches and straw
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| Huella: camino o rastro que deja el caballo al pasar | Footprint: path or trail left by the horse when passing |