| Con la luz del cigarro
| with the light of the cigarette
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| Yo vi el molino.
| I saw the mill.
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| Se mapago el cigarro
| The cigarette was paid
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| Peeeerdi el camino…
| Peeeerdi the way…
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| Cuando la luna se pone
| when the moon goes down
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| Sus sarsillos de coral
| Its coral sarsillos
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| Cuando la luna se pone
| when the moon goes down
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| Sus sarsillos de coral
| Its coral sarsillos
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| Las olas del mar bravioooo
| The waves of the rough sea
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| Rompen a llorar
| They burst into tears
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| Rompen a llorar
| They burst into tears
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| Rompen a lloraar…
| They burst into tears...
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| San joaquin y Santa Ana
| Saint Joachim and Saint Anne
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| Eran los dos canasteros
| They were the two canasteros
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| San Juaquin y Santa Ana
| San Juaquin and Santa Ana
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| Eran los dos canasteros
| They were the two canasteros
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| Ay abuelo del niño dios
| Oh grandfather of the god child
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| Que era, que era, que era
| What was it, what was it, what was it
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| Jitanito y de los buenooos.
| Jitanito and the good ones.
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| Tu ¿porque no vienes
| why don't you come
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| Y mayudas a levanterme?
| And can you get me up?
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| No ves que yo estoy caio
| Can't you see that I'm down
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| Mi mundo es un bosque frio
| My world is a cold forest
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| Mi mundo es algo vacio
| My world is something empty
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| Pero como seas tu
| But as you are
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| Uno siente alivio
| one feels relief
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| Pañuelo a rayas
| striped scarf
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| Con lunares coloraos
| with colored polka dots
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| Pañuelo a rayas
| striped scarf
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| Con lunares coloraos
| with colored polka dots
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| Dime donde lo compraste
| tell me where you bought it
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| Quien te lo ha dao
| who gave it to you
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| Quien te lo ha daaaoo
| Who gave it to you
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| La que me lavo el pañuelo
| The one who washed my handkerchief
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| Fue una jitanita mora
| It was a blackberry jitanita
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| Mora de la moreria
| Blackberry of the moreria
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| Me lo lavo en agua fria
| I wash it in cold water
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| Me lo tendio en el romero
| He gave it to me in the rosemary
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| Y le cante por bulerias
| And I sang to him por bulerias
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| Mientras se me seco el pañuelo
| While my handkerchief dries
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| Y ya no me cantes cigarra
| And do not sing to me cicada
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| Ya para tu sonsonete
| Already for your singsong
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| Que llevo una pena en el alma
| That I carry a sorrow in my soul
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| Como un puñal se me mete
| Like a dagger it sticks in me
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| Sabiendo que cuando canto
| Knowing that when I sing
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| Suspirando va mi suerte
| Sighing goes my luck
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| Bajo la sombra de un arbol
| Under the shade of a tree
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| Y al compas de mi guitaaaarra
| And to the beat of my guitar
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| Canta alegre este fandango
| Sing this fandango happily
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| Porque la via se acaba
| Because the road ends
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| Y no quiero morir soñando
| And I don't want to die dreaming
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| Como muere la cigarra
| How does the cicada die?
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| La vida la vida la vida la vida eh
| The life the life the life the life huh
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| Es un montatiempo
| It's a montatime
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| La vida la vida la vida eh | life life life huh |