| A los pies de un limonero florecido
| At the foot of a flowering lemon tree
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| una noche que en la vida olvidaré
| a night that in the life I will forget
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| un mocito pintorero y presumido
| a young painter and conceited
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| a una niña le entregó too' su querer
| to a girl he gave all his love
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| Se creyó su juramento y no vió su falsedad
| She believed his oath to her and did not see its falsehood
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| y se ahoga en el tormento
| and she drowns in torment
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| de sentirse abandonada
| of feeling abandoned
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| Y a la sombra de aquel limonero
| And in the shadow of that lemon tree
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| que un día, dichosa, la vió sonreir,
| that one day, she was happy, she saw her smile,
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| desojando una a una sus penas
| letting go of their sorrows one by one
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| igual que una rosa le cantaba así:
| just like a rose sang to him like this:
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| Limonero, ay, limón limonero
| Lemon tree, oh, lemon lemon tree
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| a tu vera le dijo un mocito falso y embustero
| a false and deceitful young man said to your side
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| como a nadie en el mundo he querido,
| I have loved no one in the world,
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| serrana, te quiero.
| Serrano, I love you.
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| Ten piedad de mí,
| Have mercy on me,
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| calma mi dolor,
| calm my pain,
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| ay, limón, limonero,
| oh, lemon, lemon tree,
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| limonero mío de mi corazón.
| my lemon tree of my heart.
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| Por caminos sembraditos de zarzales
| Through paths strewn with brambles
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| con la cruz de su dolor se echó a rodar
| with the cross of her pain she began to roll
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| y ahogadita por la hiel de los pesares
| and drowned by the gall of sorrows
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| no consigue ni olvidar ni perdonar,
| she can neither forget nor forgive,
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| pero al cabo de los años se cumplió la maldición,
| but at the end of the years the curse was fulfilled,
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| que otra hembra lo traiciona
| that another female betrays him
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| lo mismo que él traicionó.
| the same thing he betrayed.
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| Y a la sombra de aquel limonero
| And in the shadow of that lemon tree
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| que fue florecido
| that he was flowered
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| y el tiempo secó
| and the time dried up
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| hoy lo han visto llorando sus penas
| today they have seen him crying his sorrows
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| por un desengaño, castigo de Dios.
| for a disappointment, God's punishment.
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| Limonero, ay, limón limonero | Lemon tree, oh, lemon lemon tree |
| a tu vera le dijo un mocito
| a young man told you
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| falso y embustero:
| false and liar:
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| como a nadie en el mundo he querido,
| I have loved no one in the world,
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| serrana, te quiero.
| Serrano, I love you.
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| Ten piedad de mí,
| Have mercy on me,
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| calma mi dolor,
| calm my pain,
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| ay, limón, limonero,
| oh, lemon, lemon tree,
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| limonero mío de mi corazón. | my lemon tree of my heart. |