| Le escribi a Juancito que yo no encontraba la inspiración
| I wrote to Juancito that I couldn't find the inspiration
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| Pa' hacer un merengue que lleve el sabor que hay en la provincia
| To make a meringue that carries the flavor that is in the province
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| Le escribi a Juancito que yo no encontraba la inspiración
| I wrote to Juancito that I couldn't find the inspiration
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| Pa' hacer un merengue que lleve el sabor que hay en la provincia
| To make a meringue that carries the flavor that is in the province
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| Le pedi a Juancito que mande contestación
| I asked Juancito to send a reply
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| Y que lo mas pronto me escriba ese merenguito
| And as soon as possible, write me that meringuito
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| Y le di las gracias por toda su educación
| And I thanked him for all his education
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| Y quede esperando tranquilo ese favorcito
| And I was quietly waiting for that little favor
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| Y le di las gracias por toda su educación
| And I thanked him for all his education
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| Y quede esperando tranquilo ese favorcito
| And I was quietly waiting for that little favor
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| Me escribió Juancito a pesar de que es hombre muy ocupado
| Juancito wrote to me even though he is a very busy man
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| De su manuscrito la carta que ha llamado mi atención
| From your manuscript of him the letter that has caught my attention
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| Me escribió Juancito a pesar de que es hombre muy ocupado
| Juancito wrote to me even though he is a very busy man
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| De su manuscrito la carta que ha llamado mi atención
| From your manuscript of him the letter that has caught my attention
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| En correspondencia, rezaba a continuación
| Correspondingly, he prayed below
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| Para hacer merengue yo les tengo la receta
| To make meringue I have the recipe
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| Una guacharaca, una caja, un acordeón
| A guacharaca, a box, an accordion
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| Y una voz alegre que conserve la cadencia
| And a cheerful voice that keeps the cadence
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| Y que en una paila lo pongas en el fogón
| And that in a pan you put it on the stove
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| Y lo vas meneando pa' que tome consistencia
| And you are shaking it so that it takes consistency
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| Le pones esencias que nazcan del corazón
| You put essences that are born from the heart
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| Le das la sazón y una hojita de paciencia
| You give him the seasoning and a little leaf of patience
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| Y después le rallas cascaritas de limón
| And then you grate lemon peel
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| Y haces la canción con tus propias experiencias
| And you make the song with your own experiences
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| El tiempo que se va, se va
| The time that goes, goes
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| Que no se lleve la inocencia
| Don't take away innocence
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| El tiempo que se va, se va
| The time that goes, goes
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| Que no se lleve la inocencia
| Don't take away innocence
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| Sigo leyendo abajito, en donde dice advertencia
| I keep reading below, where it says warning
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| Que para hacer un merenguito las cosas tienen su ciencia
| That to make a little meringue things have their science
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| Que para hacer un merenguito las cosas tienen su ciencia
| That to make a little meringue things have their science
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| A baila, a baila
| to dance, to dance
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| Les traigo mi merenguito
| I bring you my meringue
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| A baila, a baila
| to dance, to dance
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| Les traigo mi merenguito
| I bring you my meringue
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| Del caribe colombiano
| From the Colombian Caribbean
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| Como le pedi a Juancito
| As I asked Juancito
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| Con su toque provinciano
| With your provincial touch
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| Pa' los pobres y los ricos
| For the poor and the rich
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| Para todos mis hermanos
| for all my brothers
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| Pa' los grandes y los chicos
| For the big ones and the boys
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| Que ahi les traigo la receta
| Here I bring you the recipe
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| Para hacer un merenguito
| To make a meringue
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| El tiempo que se va se va
| The time that goes away
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| Ya nunca podrás detenerlo
| You can never stop it
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| Toma la vida con calma
| take life easy
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| Dejemos tantos misterios
| Let's leave so many mysteries
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| Que se nos pasan los años
| that the years pass us by
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| Después no hay remedio | After that there is no remedy |