| te cuento los cuentos
| I tell you the stories
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| que tú me contabas.
| that you told me
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| Si quieres (Mujer)
| If you want (Female)
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| te escribo una lista
| I write you a list
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| con nombres y camas.
| with names and beds.
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| Si quieres
| If you like
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| me sigo creyendo
| I still believe
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| que fuiste una santa.
| that you were a saint
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| (¡Anda ya!)
| (Go now!)
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| No tienes perdón.
| You do not have forgiveness.
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| Cómo tienes la poca vergüenza
| How do you have the little shame
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| de entrar en mi casa.
| to enter my house.
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| Cómo tienes valor de llamar por las noches
| How do you have the courage to call at night
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| a ver que me pasa.
| Let's see what happens to me.
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| (¡Qué guasa!)
| (what a joke!)
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| Cómo tienes la lengua tan larga
| How do you have such a long tongue?
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| y la risa tan falsa.
| and the laugh so fake.
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| No tienes corazón.
| You do not have heart.
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| (No, no tienes corazón.)
| (No, you don't have a heart.)
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| Y mírame a la cara,
| And look me in the face
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| y atrévete a negarme,
| and dare to deny me,
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| qué conoces tantas camas
| what do you know so many beds
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| como historias que contarme.
| Like stories to tell me
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| Mejor no des detalles,
| Better not give details,
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| prefiero que te calles,
| I prefer that you shut up
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| que me evites que te halague
| that you avoid me that I flatter you
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| con piropos y verdades.
| with compliments and truths.
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| Tuviste muy poco respeto
| you had very little respect
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| y muy poco cuidado.
| and very little care.
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| Hiciste que fuera el payaso
| you made me be the clown
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| en tu circo privado.
| in your private circus.
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| Dejaste UN IMBÉCIL muy grande
| You left A very big ASSHOLE
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| en mi frente pintado.
| on my painted forehead.
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| No tienes perdón.
| You do not have forgiveness.
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| Ahora entiendo el afán por viajar
| Now I understand the desire to travel
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| con tu hermana a la Habana.
| with your sister to Havana.
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| O las cenas aquella con tus compañeras
| Or the dinners that with your companions
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| una vez por semana.
| once a week.
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| Y los viejos amigos y algún que otro primo
| And old friends and the odd cousin
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| que ya peinan canas.
| that already comb gray hair.
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| No tienes corazón.
| You do not have heart.
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| (No, no tienes corazón.)
| (No, you don't have a heart.)
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| Y mírame a la cara,
| And look me in the face
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| y atrévete a negarme,
| and dare to deny me,
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| qué conoces tantas camas
| what do you know so many beds
|
| como historias que contarme.
| Like stories to tell me
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| Mejor no des detalles,
| Better not give details,
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| prefiero que te calles,
| I prefer that you shut up
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| que me evites que te halague
| that you avoid me that I flatter you
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| con piropos y verdades.
| with compliments and truths.
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| Y mírame a la cara,
| And look me in the face
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| y atrévete a negarme,
| and dare to deny me,
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| qué conoces tantas camas
| what do you know so many beds
|
| como historias que contarme.
| Like stories to tell me
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| Mejor no des detalles,
| Better not give details,
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| prefiero que te calles,
| I prefer that you shut up
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| que me evites que te halague
| that you avoid me that I flatter you
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| con piropos y verdades.
| with compliments and truths.
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| Un café, mire usted, pa' un primo hermano,
| A coffee, look, for a cousin brother,
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| corto de café, largo de Quijano.
| short of coffee, long of Quijano.
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| Y me debes año y medio,
| And you owe me a year and a half,
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| mucha sangre tu me debes.
| You owe me a lot of blood.
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| Y tu culpa es mi remedio
| And your fault is my remedy
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| ¡sean benditos tus deberes!
| blessed be your duties!
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| Y mírame a la cara,
| And look me in the face
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| y atrévete a negarme,
| and dare to deny me,
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| qué conoces tantas camas
| what do you know so many beds
|
| como historias que contarme.
| Like stories to tell me
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| Mejor no des detalles,
| Better not give details,
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| prefiero que te calles,
| I prefer that you shut up
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| que me evites que te halague
| that you avoid me that I flatter you
|
| con piropos y verdades.
| with compliments and truths.
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| Y mírame a la cara,
| And look me in the face
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| (Cara loca)
| (Crazy face)
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| y atrévete a negarme.
| and dare to deny me.
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| (Y dímelo en la calle.)
| (And tell me on the street.)
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| Mejor no des detalles,
| Better not give details,
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| prefiero que te calles.
| I prefer that you shut up.
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| Si no me quiere, no me quiere.
| If he doesn't love me, he doesn't love me.
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| Nadie se muere.
| Nobody dies.
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| Así está el tema —
| Here's the thing —
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| ¡qué dilema!
| what a dilemma!
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| Y Joaquín, ¿tú qué opinas? | And Joaquín, what do you think? |