| Cuando nos vamos pal río
| When we go to the river
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| Y la escucho cantar
| And I hear her sing
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| En uno de sus quejíos
| In one of his quejíos
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| Tengo que echarme a llorar
| I have to start crying
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| Contemplándola en el río
| Watching her in the river
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| Yo veo a mi mora lavar
| I see my blackberry wash
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| No laves más
| don't wash anymore
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| Y vámonos ya
| and let's go now
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| Pa la cabila, mora
| For the kabyle, blackberry
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| Que llorando estan los niños
| that the children are crying
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| Y son desiertas las horas
| And the hours are deserted
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| Una gitana morena
| A dark gypsy
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| Nacida en el Albaicín
| Born in the Albaicín
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| De ojos grandes y con ojeras
| With big eyes and dark circles
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| Del monte la vi venir
| I saw her come from the mountain
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| Le dije ¿Dónde vas prima?
| I said, where are you going, cousin?
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| Y no me quiso escuchar
| And he didn't want to listen to me
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| Siguió el camino pa alante
| She followed the path ahead
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| Sin volver la cara pa atrás
| Without turning your face back
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| Samara, fue elegida por los moros
| Samara, she was chosen by the Moors
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| Reina de la morería
| Queen of the Moors
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| Toíto el pueblo la adoraba
| Toíto the town adored her
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| Y le rezaba noche y día
| And she prayed to him night and day
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| Porque la reina Samara
| Because queen Samara
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| Con su cara tan gitana
| With her face of her so gypsy
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| Una Virgen parecía
| a virgin seemed
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| Ay Samara, reina de la morería
| Oh Samara, queen of the Moors
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| Era tan grande mi dolor
| My pain was so great
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| Que me encontraba yo malito en la cama
| That I was ill in bed
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| Por Dios, llamadme a otro doctor
| For God's sake call me another doctor
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| Que me quitara estas fatigas
| That he would take away these fatigues
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| Que yo tengo
| that I have
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| Dentro de mi corazón
| Inside my heart
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| Por Dios de pido
| by God I ask
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| Que no te alabes que te he querido | That you do not praise yourself that I have loved you |