| Mademoiselle Ivonne era una pebeta
| Mademoiselle Ivonne was a babe
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| que en el barrio posta del viejo Montmartre
| that in the post district of old Montmartre
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| con su pinta brava de alegre griseta,
| with his brave look of cheerful griseta,
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| animo las fiestas de Les Quatre Arts.
| she animated the parties of Les Quatre Arts.
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| Era la papusa del Barrio Latino,
| She was the papusa of the Latin Quarter,
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| que supo a los puntos del verso inspirar,
| that she knew how to inspire the points of the verse,
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| pero fue que un día llego un argentino
| but it was that one day an Argentine arrived
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| y a la francesita la hizo suspirar.
| and she made the French girl sigh.
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| Madame Ivonne…
| Madame Yvonne...
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| la cruz del sur fue como un sino
| the southern cross was like a fate
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| Madame Ivonne…
| Madame Yvonne...
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| fue como el sino de tu suerte.
| It was like the fate of your luck.
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| Alondra gris,
| gray lark,
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| tu dolor me conmueve;
| your pain moves me;
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| tu pena es de nieve,
| your sorrow is snow,
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| Madame Ivonne…
| Madame Yvonne...
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| Han pasao diez años que zarpo de Francia.
| Ten years have passed since I set sail from France.
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| Mademoiselle Ivonne… hoy solo es madame,
| Mademoiselle Ivonne… today she is only madame,
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| la que al ver que todo quedo en la distancia,
| the one that when seeing that everything was in the distance,
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| con ojos muy tristes bebe su champagne.
| with very sad eyes she drinks her champagne from her.
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| Ya no es la papusa del Barrio Latino,
| She is no longer the papusa of the Latin Quarter,
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| ya no es la mistonga florecita de lis…
| she is no longer the mistonga little flower of lis…
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| ya nada le queda… ni aquel argentino
| nothing is left for him... not even that Argentine
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| que entre tango y mate la alzo de Paris. | that between tango and mate I raise her from Paris. |