| Procurando que el mundo no la vea
| Trying not to let the world see her
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| ahí va la pobre fea
| there goes the poor ugly
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| camino del taller;
| workshop road;
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| y a su paso, cual todas la mañanas,
| and as he passed her, like every morning,
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| las burlas inhumanas
| the inhuman taunts
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| la hieren por doquier.
| they hurt her everywhere.
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| Cuando alguno le dice una torpeza
| When someone tells you something clumsy
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| inclina la cabeza
| she bows her head
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| transida de dolor,
| transit of pain,
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| y piensa con amargo desencanto:
| and she thinks with bitter disappointment:
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| Por qué se reirán tanto
| why will they laugh so much
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| de mi fealdad, ¡Señor…
| of my ugliness, Lord...
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| Una noche su viejita
| One night his old lady
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| en el cuarto llorando la encontró
| in her room crying he found her
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| y la fea, ¡pobrecita!,
| and the ugly one, poor thing!
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| la tragedia de su alma le confió;
| the tragedy of her soul she entrusted to him;
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| aquel hombre que debía
| that man who should
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| conducirla muy pronto ante el altar,
| lead her very soon before the altar,
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| con su amiga Rosalía,
| with her friend Rosalía de ella,
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| la que ella más quería,
| the one she loved the most,
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| se acaba de escapar…
| she just ran away...
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| Cada vez que la llevan a una fiesta,
| Every time they take her to a party,
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| en procura de olvido y distracción,
| in search of oblivion and distraction,
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| con el último acorde de la orquesta
| with the last chord of the orchestra
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| en su alma agoniza otra ilusión.
| in her soul another illusion is dying.
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| Sus amigas ya todas se han casado;
| Her friends have all gotten married;
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| sólo ella está huérfana de amor,
| only she is an orphan of love,
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| ¡pobre fea!; | poor ugly! |
| y ayer le han encargado
| and yesterday they commissioned him
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| el ajuar de su hermana la menor.
| the trousseau of her sister of her the youngest of her.
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| En plena juventud ya estaba vieja,
| In full youth she was already old,
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| nunca exhaló una queja,
| she never exhaled a complaint,
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| al ver tanta maldad,
| seeing so much evil,
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| soportando en su alma sola y mustia
| enduring in her soul of her alone and withered
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| como una flor de angustia,
| like a flower of anguish,
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| la cruz de su fealdad.
| the cross of his ugliness from her.
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| Para todos tenía una sonrisa;
| For everyone she had a smile;
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| fue noble, fue sumisa;
| she was noble, she was submissive;
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| su drama nadie vio.
| her drama no one saw.
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| Pero fue tan pesada su cadena,
| But her chain was so heavy,
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| tan grande fue su pena,
| so great was his sorrow for her,
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| ¡que anoche se mató… | That she killed herself last night... |