| Se pone bien bonita, se pinta la mulata
| She gets very pretty, she paints the mulatto
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| Ay, si tu quieres yo te cuento bien la historia de la flaca
| Oh, if you want I'll tell you the story of the skinny girl
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| Cuerpo espectacular, boca sentimental
| Spectacular body, sentimental mouth
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| Con mucho que contar y tanto que aguantar
| With much to tell and so much to bear
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| Del bajo mundo ella proviene, tanto vales tanto tienes
| She comes from the underworld, you are worth so much you have
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| Ese es el lema y si no te conviene, escucha lo que viene
| That's the motto and if it doesn't suit you, listen to what's coming
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| Que esta historia siempre pega a los que poco tienen…
| That this story always hits those who have little...
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| Candela, soñaba ser princesa
| Candela dreamed of being a princess
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| En su castillo de suelo a tierra
| In his castle from ground to ground
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| Y techo de cartón
| and cardboard roof
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| Candela, tan sonriente
| Candela, so smiling
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| Con sus ojitos negros
| with his black eyes
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| Llenos de pena y de ilusión
| Full of sorrow and illusion
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| Candela, catorce primaveras
| Candela, fourteen springs
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| Con sus sueños rotos
| With your broken dreams
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| Aquella niña empezó a cambiar
| That girl began to change
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| Vivía pensando que algún día
| She lived thinking that one day
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| Aquellos sueños de ser princesa
| Those dreams of being a princess
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| Podría comprar
| she could buy
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| Candela, la reina de la calle
| Candela, the queen of the street
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| Así se crió mi Candela
| This is how my Candela was raised
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| Candela, la dueña de la calle
| Candela, the owner of the street
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| Así se crió mi Candela
| This is how my Candela was raised
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| Candela en su primer encuentro
| Candela in their first meeting
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| Cortó sus alas, cerró sus ojos
| She clipped her wings, closed her eyes
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| Y se dejó
| and she left
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| Candela, la más bella rosa
| Candela, the most beautiful rose
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| Que en sábanas blancas, sin sentimientos
| That in white sheets, without feelings
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| Se marchitó
| she withered
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| La vida le quemó por dentro
| Life burned him inside
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| Como a tantas otras que en su destino
| Like so many others who in their destiny
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| No estaba amar
| I wasn't loving
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| Ay, mi Candela, después de esa noche
| Oh, my Candela, after that night
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| Guardó sus sueños en su gaveta y se marchó
| She put her dreams in her drawer and left
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| Mira, mira como va Candela
| Look, look how Candela goes
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| Mira, mira como va (ay mi Candela)
| Look, look how it goes (oh my Candela)
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| Mira, mira como va Candela
| Look, look how Candela goes
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| Mira, mira como va (ay como va mi Candela)
| Look, look how it goes (oh how my Candela is going)
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| Mira, mira como va Candela
| Look, look how Candela goes
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| Mira, mira como va
| look, look how it goes
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| Candela, la reina de la calle
| Candela, the queen of the street
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| Así se crió mi Candela
| This is how my Candela was raised
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| Candela, la dueña de la calle
| Candela, the owner of the street
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| Así se crió mi Candela
| This is how my Candela was raised
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| Candela, ya no tiene dueño
| Candela, she no longer has an owner
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| Tiene su precio y si tu quieres puedes comprar
| She has her price for her and if you want you can buy
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| Candela, se apagó por dentro
| Candela, she went out inside
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| Y en si última cita en las noticias fue a parar…
| And if the last quote in the news ended up…
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| Y como de costumbre ella acuesta al chama
| And as usual she puts the chama to bed
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| La almohada en su cama
| Her pillow on her bed
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| Los zapatitos limpiecitos pa' mañana por la mañana
| The little clean shoes for tomorrow morning
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| En la frente los besitos de su mama
| On her forehead her mom's kisses
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| Y en el pecho esa virgen que lo calma
| And in her chest that virgin who calms him down
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| Ahora Candela ya esta lista pa' trabajar
| Now Candela is ready to work
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| Busca un cliente con dinero para empezar
| Find a client with money to start
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| Pero la vida por desgracia le quiere cobrar
| But unfortunately life wants to charge him
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| Y ya su ángel llega tarde para ayudar
| And already her angel of hers is late to help
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| Su sangre como rosa que pétalos derrama
| Her blood like a rose that spills petals
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| Su vida se va en prosas que pasan por su alma
| Her life goes in prose that passes through her soul
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| Otra más que muere
| Another one that dies
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| Lo cuentan los que la pudieron ver, que al amanecer
| It is told by those who could see it, that at dawn
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| Dos polis salieron del hotel…
| Two cops came out of the hotel...
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| (ay, ay, ay, ay, ay mi Candela
| (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh my Candela
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| Ay, ay, ay, ay, ya no está
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, she's gone
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| Se me apagó mi Candela
| My candle went out
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| Ay, ay, ay, ay, que nos va
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, what's up with us?
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| Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay mi Candela
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh my Candela
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| Ay, ay, ay, ay, ya no está
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, she's gone
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| Se me apagó mi Candela
| My candle went out
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| Ay, ay, ay, ay, que nos va)
| Oh, oh, oh, oh, what's up)
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| Candela, la reina de la calle
| Candela, the queen of the street
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| Así se apagó mi Candela
| This is how my candle went out
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| Candela, la dueña de la calle
| Candela, the owner of the street
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| Así se apagó mi Candela
| This is how my candle went out
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| De hakim vamos paris
| de hakim let's go paris
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| (Gracias a Hakim por esta letra) | (Thanks to Hakim for these lyrics) |