| Y en la capital
| and in the capital
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| Lo halle en un mercado
| I found it in a market
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| Con su mecapal
| With his mecapal
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| Descargando un carro
| unloading a cart
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| Le dije: 'padrino, le andaba buscando'
| I told him: 'godfather, I was looking for you'
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| Se echo un trago’e vino
| I took a drink of wine
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| Y se quedo pensando
| And I keep thinking
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| Me dijo: 'un favor vo’a pedirle ahija’o
| He told me: 'I'm going to ask you for a favor
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| Que a naiden le cuente que me ha encontra’o
| Tell no one that he has found me
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| Que yo ya no quero volver pa’lla
| That I no longer want to go back to pa'lla
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| Al fin ya no tengo ni’onde llegar
| At last I have nowhere to go
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| Murio su madrina la trenida
| His godmother the trenida died
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| Los hijos crecieron ¿y adonde estan?
| The children grew up and where are they?
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| La cosecha, queme el jacal
| The harvest, burn the jacal
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| Sin lo que mas quero nada es igual…'
| Without what I want most, nothing is the same…'
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| 'sin lo que mas quero ya nada es igual
| 'without what I want most, nothing is the same
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| Cobija y sombrero seran mi hogar
| Blanket and hat will be my home
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| Por eso mi ahija’o regrese en paz
| That's why my daughter came back in peace
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| Y a naiden le cuente que estoy aca'
| And tell naiden that I'm here
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| Quedamos de acuerdo
| We agreed
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| Lo deje tomando
| I let him drink
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| Yo encendi un recuerdo
| I lit a memory
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| Y me lo fui fumando
| And I was smoking it
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| Me parecio verlo en su verde monte
| I thought I saw him on his green mountain
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| Sonriendole al viento y al horizonte
| Smiling at the wind and at the horizon
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| Haciendo una mueca pa' ver pasar
| Making a face to see pass
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| La mancha de garzas rumbo al palmar
| The spot of herons heading to the palm grove
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| Jacinto cenobio, jacinto adan
| hyacinth cenobio, hyacinth adan
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| Si en tu paraiso solo habia paz
| If in your paradise there was only peace
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| Yo no se que culpa quieres pagar
| I don't know what guilt you want to pay
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| Aqui en el infierno de la ciudad | Here in the hell of the city |