| A un anciano le pegué
| I hit an old man
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| Porque me faltó en la calle
| Because he missed me on the street
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| Y al año, cuando me enteré
| And a year later, when I found out
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| Que ese hombre era mi padre
| That man was my father
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| Gotas de sangre lloré
| drops of blood I cried
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| Porque me viene de herencia
| Because he comes from inheritance
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| De unos gitanos honraos
| Of some honorable gypsies
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| Y de familia canastera
| And from a canastero family
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| Y yo siempre estare a tu lao
| And I will always be by your side
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| Y no me iré de tu vera
| And I will not leave your side
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| La Niña era
| the girl was
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| La Niña era canastera
| The girl was a canastera
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| Y la que me quería
| and the one who loved me
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| Y no se iba de mi vera
| And she didn't leave my side
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| Ni hablando ni platicando
| neither talking nor talking
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| Mis penas consuelo sienten
| My sorrows consolation feel
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| Na más que me estés mirando
| No more than you're looking at me
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| La que me lavó el pañuelo
| The one who washed my handkerchief
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| Fue una gitanita mora
| She was a black gypsy
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| Mora de la morería
| Blackberry from the Morería
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| Me lo lavó en agua fría
| She washed it for me in cold water
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| Me lo tendió en el romero
| She handed it to me in the rosemary
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| Y le canté por bulerías
| And I sang him por bulerías
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| Mientras se secó el pañuelo
| While the handkerchief dried
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| El Sol lleva su carrera
| The Sun leads his career
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| Que no me pongas tu mano
| Don't put your hand on me
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| Que nadie me quitará
| that no one will take away from me
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| De que yo te quiera
| that I love you
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| Las estrellas se asombraron
| the stars were amazed
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| De ver de pasar a una perla
| From seeing to passing to a pearl
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| Morena, guapa, gitana
| brunette, pretty, gypsy
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| Que del cielo habían llamao
| That they had called from heaven
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| Viejo mundo
| The old world
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| Que el caballo blanco y negro
| That the black and white horse
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| Del día y de la noche
| of day and night
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| Atraviesa al galope
| gallop across
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| Eres el triste palacio
| You are the sad palace
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| Donde cien príncipes soñaron con la gloria
| Where a hundred princes dreamed of glory
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| Donde cien reyes soñaron con el amor
| Where a hundred kings dreamed of love
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| Y se despertaron llorando
| And they woke up crying
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| Llevo el no que me diste
| I carry the no that you gave me
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| En la palma de la mano
| In the palm of the hand
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| Como un limón de cera
| Like a wax lemon
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| Como un limón casi blanco
| Like an almost white lemon
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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 the 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
| She crashed next to mine
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| Su boca dándome besos
| His mouth of him giving me kisses
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| Y hasta lloró de alegría
| And even she cried with joy
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| Y a la
| Yet the
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| Orilla de un río
| 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
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| Que esta 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 varetas and reeds
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| Nacen rosales bravíos
| Wild rose bushes 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 |