| Déjenme que me presente:
| Let me introduce myself:
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| Yo soy la María del raso Potosme
| I am the Maria of satin Potosme
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| Enantes perdí la inocencia
| Before I lost my innocence
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| Por las inquirencias del teniente Cosme
| Due to the inquiries of Lieutenant Cosme
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| También quiero palabrearles
| I also want to talk to you
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| Que fui medio novia del sargento Guido
| That I was part girlfriend of Sergeant Guido
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| Lo que pasa es que ese ñajo
| What happens is that that kid
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| Ya hace quince días que fue transferido
| It's been fifteen days since he was transferred
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| (Coro:)
| (Chorus:)
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| Yo soy la María, María en mi gracia
| I am the Mary, Mary in my grace
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| Pero a mi me dicen María de los guardias;
| But they call me María from the guards;
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| Yo soy la María, María
| I am the Mary, Mary
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| No ando con razones, razones
| I don't have reasons, reasons
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| Ya llevo en mi cuenta, por cuenta
| I already have in my account, by account
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| Cinco batallones
| five battalions
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| Yo nací allá en el comando
| I was born there in the command
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| Mi mamá cuidaba al capitán Guandique
| My mother took care of Captain Guandique
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| Porque Tata Chú es muy grande
| Because Tata Chu is very big
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| Ella no me tuvo en el mero tabique
| She didn't have me on the mere wall
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| No es que me las pique
| It's not that I'm bitten
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| De ser de la Guardia la reina y señora
| Of being of the Guard the queen and lady
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| Pero mi primera pacha
| But my first pacha
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| La chupé chigüina de una cantimplora
| I sucked the chigüina from a canteen
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| (Coro)
| (Chorus)
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| Ajustaba los quince años
| Adjusted the fifteen years
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| Cuando me mataron al primer marido
| When they killed my first husband
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| Fue durante un tiroteyo
| It was during a shooting
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| Contra un hombre arrecho llamado Sandino
| Against a horny man named Sandino
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| A mi varón lo encontraron
| They found my man
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| De viaje tilinte por el Rapador
| From a tintinte trip through the Rapador
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| Yo lo vide al pobrecito
| I saw the poor thing
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| Todo pesconeado como un colador
| All pesconed like a sieve
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| (Coro)
| (Chorus)
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| Tanto me quiso un tal Mingo
| A certain Mingo loved me so much
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| Que en mi propia casa me puso un estanco | That in my own house he put me a tobacconist |
| Para chequearse de fijo
| To check landline
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| Por aquellos días que él salía franco
| For those days when he went out frankly
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| Mingo lo tengo patente
| Mingo I have it patent
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| Nunca me decía mi nombre de pila;
| He never told me my first name;
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| Como él era medio poeta
| As he was half a poet
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| Sólo me decía Flor de Bartolina
| He only called me Flor de Bartolina
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| (Coro) | (Chorus) |