| Tientos (original) | Tientos (translation) |
|---|---|
| Entre en la sala del crimen | Enter the crime room |
| Y le pregunte (?) | And I asked (?) |
| Si el querer que yo te tengo | If the want that I have you |
| Si el querer que te tenia | If the love that I had for you |
| Si el querer que yo te tengo | If the want that I have you |
| Tiene causa criminal | has criminal cause |
| Inmediato | Immediate |
| En aquel pocito inmediato | In that immediate well |
| Donde bebia mi paloma | where my pigeon drank |
| Alli corro | I run there |
| Y me siento yo un rato | And I sit for a while |
| Por veder el agua que toma | For selling the water you drink |
| Yo me sentaria | I would sit |
| Por ver el agua tu tomaba | To see the water you drank |
| Y al amancer y el dia | And at dawn and the day |
| Sombra le pidi a una funte | Shadow asked a fountain |
| Agua le pedi a un olivo | I asked an olive tree for water |
| Porque me ha puesto a mi tu querer | Because she has put your love on me |
| Que yo no se ni lo que me digo | That I don't even know what I say to myself |
| Señor San Joaquin | Lord San Joaquin |
| Y señora Santa Ana | And Mrs. Santa Ana |
| La cortinas de mi alcoba | The curtains of my bedroom |
| Son de terciopelo grana | They are made of scarlet velvet |
