| señorita josefina
| miss josephine
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| he venido a presentarme
| I have come to introduce myself
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| soy vecino, vivo arriba
| I'm a neighbor, I live upstairs
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| y estoy loco por hablarle
| and I'm crazy to talk to him
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| no quisiera que creyera que
| I wouldn't want you to believe that
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| yo soy un delirante
| I am a delusional
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| buscavida, prototipo
| hustler prototype
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| de atorrante
| of tormenting
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| le he traido de regalo
| I have brought you as a gift
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| una caja de bombones
| a box of chocolates
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| inocentes golocinas
| innocent candies
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| con forma de corazones,
| shaped like hearts,
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| pense en traerle grabiolos,
| I thought about bringing you grabiolos,
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| pero era muy atrevido
| but he was very daring
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| los bombones son franceses
| the chocolates are french
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| y muy finos
| and very fine
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| mi padre fue un almirante
| my father was an admiral
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| de la marina europea
| of the european navy
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| dirigia los barquito
| he directed the little boats
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| sumergidos en la bañera,
| submerged in the bathtub,
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| mi madre jugaba al bich
| my mother played bich
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| en ambiente distinguidos
| in distinguished atmosphere
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| con los naimpes inmanados
| with the immanated cards
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| en el ruedo… del vestido
| in the hem… of the dress
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| señorita josefina,
| Miss Josephine,
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| en mi noches solitarias
| in my lonely nights
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| sus pasos hacen estragos
| her footsteps wreak havoc
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| la imnagino caminando…
| I imagine her walking…
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| sin llegar a ningun lado
| without getting anywhere
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| soy proclibe a la belleza
| I am prone to beauty
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| al placer y las fragancias
| to pleasure and fragrances
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| en mi casas me llamaba
| in my houses she called me
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| el Marquez de la elegancia
| the Marquez of elegance
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| una vez a la semana
| once a week
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| me pongo traje y corbata
| I wear a suit and tie
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| y soy un dandi por el rio de la plata…
| and I am a dandy by the river of silver...
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| la ciudad vista de arriba
| the city seen from above
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| es el dibujo de un ciego
| is the drawing of a blind man
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| hormigitas solitarias
| lonely little ants
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| persiguiendo un caramelo
| chasing a candy
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| no aguantaria otra noche
| I wouldn't last another night
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| asomado a la ventad
| leaning out of the window
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| sintiendo pasar la nada | feeling nothing go by |
| le propongo que sumemos
| I propose that we add
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| nuestras mutuas soledades
| our mutual solitudes
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| un contrato dividido entre
| a contract divided between
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| dos partes iguales
| two equal parts
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| usted pone la boquita
| you put the little mouth
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| y yo pongo los bombones
| and I put the chocolates
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| despues ponemos huevitos
| then we lay eggs
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| con formas de corazones
| with shapes of hearts
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| señorita josefina,
| Miss Josephine,
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| en mi noches solitarias
| in my lonely nights
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| sus pasos hacen estragos
| his footsteps wreak havoc
|
| la imnagino caminando…
| I imagine her walking…
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| sin llegar a ningun lado | without getting anywhere |