| Dejame que te cuente limeña
| Let me tell you limeña
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| Dejame que te diga la gloria
| Let me tell you the glory
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| Del ensueño
| of the daydream
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| Que evoca la memoria
| that evokes memory
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| Del viejo puente, el río, y la alameda
| Of the old bridge, the river, and the mall
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| Dejame que te cuente limeña
| Let me tell you limeña
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| Ahora que aun perfuma el recuerdo
| Now that the memory still perfumes
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| Ahora que aun se mece en un sueño
| Now that it still rocks in a dream
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| El viejo puente, el río y la alameda
| The old bridge, the river and the alameda
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| Jazmines en el pelo
| jasmine in hair
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| Y rosas en la cara
| And roses on the face
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| Airosa caminaba La Flor de la Canela
| Gracefully walked La Flor de la Canela
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| Derramaba lisura y su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and her step left
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| Aroma de mistura
| Aroma of mixture
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| Que en el pecho llevaba
| That on her chest she carried
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| Del puente a la alameda
| From the bridge to the mall
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| Menudo pie la lleva
| what a foot she wears
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| Por la vereda que se estremece
| Along the sidewalk that shakes
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| Al ritmo de su cadera
| To the beat of your hip
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| Recogia la risa de la brisa
| She caught the laughter of the breeze
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| Del río y al viento la lanzaba
| From the river and to the wind she threw it
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| Del puente a la alameda
| From the bridge to the mall
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| Dejame que te cuente limena
| Let me tell you limena
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| deja que te diga morena
| she lets me call you brunette
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| Mis pensamientos
| My thoughts
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| A ver si asi despierteas del sueño
| Let's see if that's how you wake up from sleep
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| Del sueño que entretiene morena
| Of the dream that entertains brunette
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| Tus sentimientos
| Your feelings
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| Aspiras de la lisura que da La Flor de Canela
| You aspire to the smoothness that La Flor de Cinnamon gives
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| Adornada con jazmines matizando tu hermosura
| Adorned with jasmine nuanced your beauty
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| Alfombra de nuevo el puente, y engalana la alameda
| Carpet the bridge again, and adorn the alameda
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| Que el río acompasara tu paso por la vereda
| May the river accompany your passage along the sidewalk
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| Y recuerda que…
| And remember that…
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| Jazmines en el pelo
| jasmine in hair
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| Y rosas en la cara
| And roses on the face
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| Airosa caminaba La Flor de la Canela
| Gracefully walked La Flor de la Canela
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| Derramaba lisura y su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and her step left
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| Aroma de mistura
| Aroma of mixture
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| Que en el pecho llevaba
| That on his chest he wore
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| Del puente a la alameda
| From the bridge to the mall
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| Menudo pie la lleva
| what a foot she wears
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| Por la vereda que se estremece al ritmo
| Along the sidewalk that shakes to the rhythm
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| De su cadera
| of your hip
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| Recogía la risa de la brisa
| I picked up the laughter from the breeze
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| Del río y al viento la lanzaba
| From the river and to the wind he threw it
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| Del puente a la alameda | From the bridge to the mall |