| Yo tenía viente años
| I was twenty years old
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| Y él me doblaba la edad
| And he was twice my age
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| En mis seines había noche
| In my seines there was night
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| Y en las suyas madrugada
| And in his early morning
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| Antes que yo lo pensara
| before i thought about it
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| Mi gusto estaba cumplido;
| My taste was fulfilled;
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| Nada me faltaba con él
| I lacked nothing with him
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| Me quería con locura
| He loved me madly
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| Con todos sus cinco sentidos
| With all five senses
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| Yo me dejaba querer
| I let myself be loved
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| Amor me pedía, como un pordiosero
| Love asked me, like a beggar
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| Y yo le clavaba
| And I nailed him
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| Sin ver que sufría
| Without seeing that he suffered
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| Cuchillos de acero
| steel knives
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| No me quieras tanto
| Do not love me so much
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| Ni llores por mi;
| Don't cry for me;
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| No vale la pena
| Not worth it
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| Que por mi cariño
| that for my love
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| Te pongas así
| you get like this
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| Yo no se quererte lo mismo que tú
| I don't know how to love you the same as you
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| Ni pasar la vida pendiente y esclava
| Nor spend life pending and slave
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| De esa esclavitud
| of that slavery
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| No te pongas triste
| Do not be sad
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| Sécate ese llanto
| dry that cry
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| Hay que estar alegre
| You have to be happy
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| Mírame y aprende
| watch me and learn
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| No me quieras tanto
| Do not love me so much
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| Con los años y la vida
| Over the years and life
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| Ha cambiado mi querer
| My love has changed
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| Y ahora busco de sus labios
| And now I seek from your lips
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| Lo que entonces desprecié
| What I despised then
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| Cegadita de cariño
| Cegadita of affection
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| Yo le ruego que me ampare
| I beg you to protect me
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| Que me tenga caridad;
| Have mercy on me;
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| Se lo pido de rodillas, por la Gloria de su madre
| I ask you on my knees, for the Glory of your mother
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| Y no me sirve de nada
| And it's no use to me
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| Como una mendiga estoy a su puerta
| Like a beggar I stand at your door
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| Y con mis palabras mi pena castiga
| And with my words my sorrow punishes
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| Dejándome muerta
| leaving me dead
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| No me quieras tanto
| Do not love me so much
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| Ni llores por mi;
| Don't cry for me;
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| No vale la pena
| Not worth it
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| Que por mi cariño
| that for my love
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| Te pongas así
| you get like this
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| Yo no se quererte lo mismo que tú
| I don't know how to love you the same as you
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| Ni pasar la vida pendiente y esclava
| Nor spend life pending and slave
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| De esa esclavitud
| of that slavery
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| No te pongas triste
| Do not be sad
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| Sécate ese llanto
| dry that cry
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| Hay que estar alegre
| You have to be happy
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| Mírame y aprende
| watch me and learn
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| No me quieras tanto
| Do not love me so much
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| De todo lo del mundo sería capaz
| I would be capable of everything in the world
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| Con tal que el cariño que tú me tuviste
| As long as the love that you had for me
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| Volviera a empezar
| I would start again
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| Por lo que más quieras
| For more than you want
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| Sécame esta llanto
| Dry this cry
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| Maldigo la hora que yo a ti te dije:
| I curse the hour that I told you:
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| ¡No me quieras tanto! | Do not love me so much! |