| En una barca metería
| In a boat I would put
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| mis pensamientos
| my thoughts
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| y me iría mar adentro
| and I would go out to sea
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| en noche de tormenta
| on a stormy night
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| y pensaría solamente
| and I would only think
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| en algo nuestro.
| in something of ours.
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| Si esta barca naufragase
| If this boat sinks
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| en una playa desierta
| on a deserted beach
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| y con unas ramitas
| and with a few twigs
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| yo te haría una chocita,
| I would make you a chocita,
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| te pondría una flor en el pelo
| I would put a flower in your hair
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| pa decirte que bonita.
| to tell you how pretty.
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| Y allí juntos viviremos
| And there together we will live
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| tu y yo, la barca y la playita.
| you and me, the boat and the little beach.
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| Y no, y no, y no,
| And no, and no, and no,
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| Allí no existe la tristeza,
| There is no sadness there,
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| el odio ni el rencor.
| hate or rancor.
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| Allí vive la madre naturaleza,
| There lives mother nature,
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| la barca, tu y yo.
| the boat, you and me.
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Qué agustito
| how agustito
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| por la noche una candela
| at night a candle
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| y por el día el solecito.
| and by day the little sun.
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| Dos corazones uníos
| two united hearts
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| sin historias ni viñetas,
| no stories or vignettes,
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| dos corazones uníos
| two united hearts
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| sin Romeo ni Julieta,
| without Romeo or Juliet,
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| sin poetas que describan,
| without poets to describe,
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| sin que nadie nos someta,
| without anyone subduing us,
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| solo tus labios y los míos,
| only your lips and mine,
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| solo dos besos de menta.
| just two peppermint kisses.
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| Yo que siempre imaginé un lugar
| I who always imagined a place
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| donde la lluvia era caliente,
| where the rain was warm,
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| en ese clima tropical,
| in that tropical climate,
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| y yo que
| what about me
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| con dos trozos de madera
| with two pieces of wood
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Pídeme por esa boca
| ask me for that mouth
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| la barquita que tú quieras.
| the boat that you want.
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| Y dale rienda a la ilusión,
| And give rein to the illusion,
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| no pienses nunca en tormentos,
| never think of torments,
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| deja que te hable el amor,
| let love speak to you,
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| que el amor no es traicionero,
| that love is not treacherous,
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| no es traicionero,
| is not treacherous,
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| que cuando menos te lo esperas
| that when you least expect it
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| ya lo tienes dentro el cuerpo.
| you already have it inside your body.
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| Vente conmigo
| Come with me
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| flamenca vente conmigo,
| flamenco come with me,
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| y niña dile a tu mare,
| and girl tell your mare,
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| primita, que soy tu primo. | little cousin, I'm your cousin. |