| En la ciudad de toledo
| In the city of Toledo
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| Y en la ciudad de granada
| And in the city of Granada
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| Ahi se criara un mancebo
| There a young man will be raised
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| Que diego león se llama
| What diego león is called
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| De una tal se enamoró
| She fell in love with one such
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| De una muy hermoza dama
| Of a very beautiful lady
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| Se miran por una reja
| They look at each other through a grate
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| También por una ventana
| Also through a window
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| Un dia que estaban juntos
| one day they were together
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| Dijo león a su dama
| He said lion to his lady
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| — mañana te he de pedir
| — tomorrow I have to ask you
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| No se si es cosa cercana
| I don't know if it's close
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| — aunque mi padre no quiera
| — even though my father doesn't want to
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| Eso negociado estaba
| That was negotiated
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| Lo que la dama responde
| What the lady replies
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| Al mozo le agradaba
| The boy liked it
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| Otro dia en la mañana
| Another day in the morning
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| Con don pedro se encontrara
| With Don Pedro she will meet
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| De rodillas en el suelo
| On your knees on the ground
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| Los buenos dias le daba
| The good morning she gave him
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| — don pedro, dame a tu hija
| — don pedro, give me your daughter
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| A tu hija doña juana
| To your daughter Juana
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| — mi hija no es de cazar
| — my daughter is not a hunter
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| Que aún es niña y muchacha
| She that she is still a girl and a girl
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| — hija, león te ha pedido
| — daughter, lion has asked you
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| Vayasse en hora mala
| go at bad time
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| — ese es hombre que no tiene
| — that is a man who does not have
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| De caudal para una capa
| Flow rate for one layer
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| — padre, casaime con el
| — father, marry him
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| Y aunque nunca me deis nada
| And even if you never give me anything
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| — ke los bienes deste mundo
| — ke the goods of this world
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| Diós los daba y los quitaba
| God gave them and took them away
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| Ahi conoció don pedro
| There he met Don Pedro
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| Ke de amores se trataba
| Ke of loves it was
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| Alquiló quatro valientes
| He hired four brave
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| Los mayores de la playa
| The elders of the beach
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| Ke ande encontrén a león
| Where they found a lion
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| Ke le sacaran el arma
| They will take the weapon
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| A la subida de un monte
| To the ascent of a mountain
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| Con los quatro se encontrara
| With the four he will meet
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| León que se vió sin armas | Lion that was seen without weapons |
| A la mar se tira y nada
| He throws himself into the sea and swims
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| Unos dicen que murió
| Some say he died
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| Diós le perdone su alma
| God forgive his soul
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| Otros dicen que le vieron
| Others say they saw him
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| A la otra parte del agua
| To the other part of the water
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| No son tres dias pasados
| It's not three days past
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| León en la playa estaba
| Leon was on the beach
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| Por donde fuera a pasar?
| Where was it going to go?
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| Por la calle de su dama
| Down his lady's street
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| — mi dama que no responde
| — my unresponsive lady
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| Parece que está trocada
| She looks like she's traded
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| — no estoy trocada, león
| — I'm not changed, lion
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| Que aún estoy en mi palabra
| That I'm still on my word
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| Abajó las escaleras
| he went downstairs
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| Como una leona brava
| like a brave lioness
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| Y otro dia en la mañana
| And another day in the morning
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| Las ricas bodas se armaran | The rich weddings will be assembled |