| lo que tu querer me cuesta
| what your love costs me
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| tres añitos de enfermedad
| three years of illness
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| y tres de convalecencia
| and three for convalescence
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| era una tarde de abril
| it was an afternoon in april
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| cuando ya llegaba el alba
| when dawn came
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| floreando los jardines
| blooming the gardens
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| de flores que Dios guardaba
| of flowers that God kept
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| yo vi sacar tu pañuelo
| I saw you take out your handkerchief
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| yo vi como lo bordabas
| I saw how you embroidered it
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| con roca de pedernal
| with flint rock
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| yo me he hecho un candelero
| I have made myself a candlestick
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| pa yo poderme alumbrar
| for me to be able to light up
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| porque yo más luz no quiero
| because I don't want more light
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| yo vivo en la oscuridad
| I live in the dark
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| voy siguiendo una a una
| I'm following one by one
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| las estrellas de los cielos
| the stars of the heavens
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| entre rojas y amarillas
| between red and yellow
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| bajo la luz del silencio
| under the light of silence
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| una noche tan fría
| such a cold night
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| y oscura de terciopelo
| and dark velvet
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| cuando puso por mantilla
| when she put on a mantilla
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| su mata de pelo negro
| his mop of black hair
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| se estrelló junto a la mía
| he crashed next to mine
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| su boca dándome besos
| her mouth giving me kisses
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| y hasta lloró de alegría
| and even cried with joy
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| despues de cien años muerto
| after a hundred years dead
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| y con la tierra echá en la cara
| and throw the earth in the face
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| si yo escuchara, primita tu ruego
| if I listened, cousin your request
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| de nuevo resucitara
| will rise again
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| a la lima y al limón
| lime and lemon
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| tú te vas a quedar soltera
| you are going to stay single
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| qué penita y qué dolor
| what pain and what pain
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| tú no tienes quien te quiera
| you don't have anyone who loves you
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| qué penita y qué dolor
| what pain and what pain
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| un gitano vino a mi puerta
| a gypsy came to my door
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| y se llevó mi corazón
| and he took my heart
|
| la vara de los chalanes
| the rod of the chalanes
|
| era una varita muy rumbosa
| it was a very curvy wand
|
| que se va por los lugares
| that goes to the places
|
| en busca de las nenas hermosas
| in search of beautiful girls
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| noche de cuatro lunas
| night of four moons
|
| y un solo árbol
| and a single tree
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| en la punta de una aguja
| at the point of a needle
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| está mi amor bailando
| my love is dancing
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| y a la orilla
| and to the shore
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| a la orilla de un río
| on the bank of a river
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| yo me voy solo
| I'm going alone
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| y yo me pongo a coger varetas
| and I start to take double crochet
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| por la mañana temprano
| early in the morning
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| me pongo y hago mi cesta
| I put on and make my basket
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| vente conmigo a mi casa
| come with me to my house
|
| que está a la vera de un río
| that is by the side of a river
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| y entre varetas y cañas
| and between braces and reeds
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| nacen rosales bravíos
| brave rosebushes are born
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| toma la chaqueta
| take the jacket
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| y dame los calzones | and give me the panties |