| Si en el firmamento poder yo
| If in the firmament I can
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| Tuviera esta noche negra lo mismo
| Had this black night the same
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| Que un pozo con un cuchillito de luna
| That a well with a moon knife
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| Lunera cortaba los hierros de tu calabozo
| Lunera cut the irons of your dungeon
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| Si yo fuera el rey de la luz del día
| If I were the king of daylight
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| Del viento y del mar, cordeles de esclavo
| From the wind and the sea, slave ropes
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| Si hombre seguiría tu libertad
| Yes man I would follow your freedom
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| Ay pena penita pena, pena, pena de mi corazón
| Ay pena penita pity, pity, pity of my heart
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| Que me corre por mis venas
| that runs through my veins
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| Penas de la fuerza de un ciclón
| Penalties of the force of a cyclone
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| Y es lo mismo que un nublao de tinieblas
| And it is the same as a cloud of darkness
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| Y pelenas y es un potro desbocao
| And you fight and it's a runaway colt
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| Que no sabe a donde va
| who does not know where he is going
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| Y es un desierto de arena pena
| And it's a desert of sorrow sand
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| Y es mi gloria y pena ay pena
| And it is my glory and sorrow, oh sorrow
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| Ay pena, ay pena penita pena
| Oh pity, oh pity pity pity
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| Yo no quiero flores, dinero, ni palma
| I do not want flowers, money, or palm
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| Quiero que me vea llorar tu pesare
| I want you to see me cry your regrets
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| Y estar a tu vera cariño del alma
| And to be at your side, dear soul
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| Bebiéndome el llanto de tu solear
| Drinking the cry of your solear
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| Me duele los ojos de mirar sin verte
| My eyes hurt from looking without seeing you
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| Relleno de mi que tiene la culpa
| Filled with me who is to blame
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| De tu mala suerte ni rosa de abril
| Of your bad luck or rose of April
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| Ay pena penita pena, pena, pena de mi corazon
| Ay pena penita pity, pity, pity of my heart
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| Que me corre por mis venas
| that runs through my veins
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| Penas de la fuerza de un ciclon
| Penalties of the force of a cyclone
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| Y es lo mismo que un nublao de tinieblas
| And it is the same as a cloud of darkness
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| Y pelenas y es un potro desboca
| And you fight and it's a runaway colt
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| Que no sabe a donde va
| who does not know where he is going
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| Y es un desierto de arena pena | And it's a desert of sorrow sand |