| Déjame que te cuente limeño
| Let me tell you limeño
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| Déjame que te diga la gloria
| let me tell you the glory
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| Del ensueño que evoca la memoria
| Of the dream that evokes memory
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| Del viejo puente, del río y la alameda
| Of the old bridge, the river and the alameda
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| Déjame que te cuente limeño
| Let me tell you limeño
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| Ahora que aún perfuma el recuerdo
| Now that the memory still perfumes
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| Ahora que aún se mece en un sueño
| Now that she still rocks in a dream
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| El viejo puente, el río y la alameda
| The old bridge, the river and the alameda
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| Jazmines en el pelo y rosas en la cara
| Jasmines in her hair and roses on her face
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| Airosa caminaba la flor de la canela
| Airosa walked the cinnamon flower
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| Derramaba lisura y a su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and in her wake she left
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| Aromas de mistura que en el pecho llevaba
| Mistura aromas that she carried on her chest
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| Del puente a la alameda menudo pie la lleva
| From the bridge to the alameda she often takes her on foot
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| Por la vereda que se estremece al ritmo de su cadera
| Along the sidewalk that she shakes to the rhythm of her hip
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| Recogía la risa de la brisa del río
| She picked up laughter from the river breeze
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| Y al viento la lanzaba del puente a la alameda
| And to the wind she threw it from the bridge to the alameda
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| Déjame que te cuente limeño
| Let me tell you limeño
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| Ay, deja que te diga, moreno, mi pensamiento
| Oh, let me tell you, Moreno, my thoughts
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| A ver si así despiertas del sueño
| Let's see if that's how you wake up from sleep
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| Del sueño que entretiene, moreno, tu sentimiento
| Of the dream that entertains, brown, your feeling
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| Aspira de la lisura que da la flor de la canela
| Aspirates from the smoothness that gives the cinnamon flower
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| Adornada con jazmines matizando su hermosura;
| She adorned with jasmine shading her beauty;
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| Alfombra de nuevo el puente y engalana la alameda
| She carpets the bridge again and adorns the mall
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| Que el río acompasará su paso por la vereda
| That the river will pace her passage along the sidewalk
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| Y recuerda que…
| And she remembers that...
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| Jazmines en el pelo y rosas en la cara
| Jasmines in her hair and roses on her face
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| Airosa caminaba la flor de la canela
| Airosa walked the cinnamon flower
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| Derramaba lisura y a su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and in her wake she left
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| Aromas de mistura que en el pecho llevaba
| Mistura aromas that she carried on her chest
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| Del puente a la alameda menudo pie la lleva
| From the bridge to the alameda she often takes her on foot
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| Por la vereda que se estremece al ritmo de su cadera
| Along the sidewalk that shakes to the rhythm of your hip
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| Recogía la risa de la brisa del río
| She picked up laughter from the river breeze
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| Y al viento la lanzaba del puente a la alameda | And to the wind he threw it from the bridge to the alameda |