| El puente
| the bridge
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| ¡Ay!, el puente, como retumba el agua,
| Oh! the bridge, how the water rumbles,
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| el verte,
| seeing you,
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| solo con verte, primita,
| just seeing you, little cousin,
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| solo con verte
| just seeing you
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| mi corazón se me para.
| my heart stops.
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| Siempre fue de madruga
| It was always early
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| cada vez que yo te ensueño,
| every time I dream of you,
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| siempre fue de madruga,
| It was always early in the morning
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| te busco y yo no te encuentro,
| I'm looking for you and I can't find you,
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| te busco y yo no te encuentro,
| I'm looking for you and I can't find you,
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Leren, lelerenlerenle,
| Leren, lelerenlerenle,
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Leren, lelerenlera.
| Leren, lelerenlera.
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| Reina de mis noches
| queen of my nights
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| un perfume en mi cama
| a perfume in my bed
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| cada vez que te recuerdo
| every time i remember you
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| lloro y pienso en mi almohada
| I cry and think of my pillow
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| y entre estas cuatro paredes
| and between these four walls
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| esta vía se me acaba.
| this route is over for me.
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| El pensar que te he querío
| To think that I loved you
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| y no me ha servío de nada
| and it has not helped me
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Leren, lelerenlerenle,
| Leren, lelerenlerenle,
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| y no me ha servío de nada.
| and it has not served me at all.
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| Cuantos consejos
| how many tips
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| me daban pa ganarme tu cariño,
| they gave me to earn your love,
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| cuantos consejos
| how many tips
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| me daban pa ganarme tu cariño,
| they gave me to earn your love,
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| y ahora que me encuentro solo
| and now that I find myself alone
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| yo lloro como los niños.
| I cry like children.
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| Al guru, guru…
| To the guru, guru…
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| en una cabaña
| in a cabin
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| que tengo en mitad del bosque
| that I have in the middle of the forest
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| allíquiero verte
| I want to see you there
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| sea de día o sea de noche.
| be it day or night.
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| Nunca sabe nadie
| no one ever knows
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| el cariño que ha tenío
| the love he has had
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| hasta que se marcha
| until he leaves
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| y de pronto lo has perdío.
| and suddenly you have lost it.
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| En una cabaña
| in a cabin
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| que tengo en mitad del bosque
| that I have in the middle of the forest
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| allí, quiero verte, prima,
| there, I want to see you, cousin,
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| sea de día o se de noche.
| be it day or night.
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| Contigo, estando contigo
| with you, being with you
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| se me parte el alma
| my soul breaks
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| que se me nublan los sentios. | that my feelings are clouded. |