| Bolita rodar
| little ball roll
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| Ay ¿por que no echas tu primito mío?
| Oh, why don't you throw out your little cousin of mine?
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| La bolita rodar
| the little ball roll
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| Y lo que de Dios tuviere mare
| And what of God had mare
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| Y al amanecer vendrá
| And at dawn it will come
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| Ay mare mare
| Ay mare mare
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| Y al amanecer vendrá
| And at dawn it will come
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| Arena lleva la playa
| Sand carries the beach
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| Yo, tu querer no lo olvido
| I, your love I do not forget
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| Y por donde quiera que vaya
| And wherever you go
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| Que mis ojitos estaban tan hechos
| That my little eyes were so made
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| A verte a ti to' los días
| To see you every day
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| Y ahora se me vienen pasando
| And now they are happening to me
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| Meses semanas y días
| months weeks and days
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| Vengo de la gran Turquía
| I come from the great Turkey
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| Traigo pañuelos de Holanda
| I bring handkerchiefs from Holland
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| Que en España no los había
| That in Spain there were none
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| Ay pa' qué tanto yo ver
| Oh pa' how much I see
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| Ay mis ojitos tengo secos
| Oh my eyes are dry
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| De sembrar y no coger
| To sow and not to harvest
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| Yo no le temo a la muerte
| I'm not afraid of death
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| Porque morir es natural
| Because dying is natural
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| Le temo más a las cuentas
| I'm more afraid of accounts
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| Que a Dios le tendré que dar
| That I will have to give to God
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| Serrana cómo te has puesto
| Serrana, how have you been?
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| Que no veía las costuras
| I didn't see the seams
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| Ni tampoco el movimiento
| Neither does the movement
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| Esa gitana tan guapa
| That gypsy so pretty
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| Que va por mitad del río
| That goes through the middle of the river
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| No la dejéis que baje sola
| Don't let her go down alone
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| Que se le va a enganchar el vestido
| That she is going to catch her dress
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| Que me parece
| that she seems to me
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| Que he visto volar una cometa
| I have seen a kite fly
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| Llena de tirabuzones
| full of ringlets
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| Con la cara de mi estrella
| With the face of my star
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| Yo seré muralla pa' que no te ofendan
| I will be a wall so that they do not offend you
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| Y a ti no te tiren gitana a por tierra | And they don't throw you gypsy to the ground |