| En un viejo barrio de estirpe agarena
| In an old neighborhood of Agarena lineage
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| De aquellos tan brujos que hay en Graná
| Of those so witches that are in Graná
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| Vivió una mocita de cara morena
| A little girl with a dark face lived
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| Pelo azabache y tez bronceá
| Black hair and tan complexion
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| Un palio de flores era su ventana
| A canopy of flowers was her window
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| Pa tos los mocitos que iban a rondar
| Pa tos the kids that were going to be around
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| Pero en los amores, aquella sultana
| But in love, that sultana
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| Era tan bonita como desgraciá
| She was as pretty as disgrace
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| Y una noche misteriosa
| and a mysterious night
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| Y de silencio escuchó
| And she of silence she listened
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| Esta coplilla graciosa
| This funny couplet
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| Sin saber quién la cantó
| Without knowing who sang it
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| Dónde habitan las manolas
| Where do manolas live?
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| Granada, calle Elvira
| Granada, Elvira street
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| Dónde habitan las manolas
| Where do manolas live?
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| Allí vive quién yo quiero
| Who I want lives there
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| En quién pienso a todas horas
| Who do I think of all the time?
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| Por ser mi querer primero
| For being my love first
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| El tiempo pasaba y nadie sabía
| Time passed and no one knew
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| De aquella coplilla, quién fue el cantaor
| Of that coplilla, who was the singer
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| Más no faltó alguien que ya suponía
| More was not missing someone who already supposed
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| A Pepe Serrano un buen amador
| To Pepe Serrano a good lover
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| El palio de flores que fue su ventana
| The canopy of flowers that was his window
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| Pa tos los mocitos que iban a rondar
| Pa tos the kids that were going to be around
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| Quedó entristecido pues cierta mañana
| He was sad because one morning
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| Sin dueña y sin flores lo vieron quedar
| Without owner and without flowers they saw him stay
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| Y aunque verla no pudieron
| And although they couldn't see her
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| Cuando del barrio marchó
| When he left the neighborhood
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| Aseguran que la oyeron
| They claim they heard it
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| Entonar esta canción
| sing this song
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| A beber agua fresquita
| To drink cold water
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| Me voy a la Plaza Nueva
| I'm going to the Plaza Nueva
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| A beber agua fresquita
| To drink cold water
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| De la Fuente del Avellano
| From the Hazelnut Fountain
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| Que es la que la sed me quita
| What is it that thirst takes away from me
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| Si me la da mi Serrano | If my Serrano gives it to me |