| El era un auténtico príncipe azul
| He was a real prince charming
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| más estirado y puesto que un maniquí,
| more stretched and put than a mannequin,
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| que habitaba un palacio como el de Sissí
| that he lived in a palace like Sissi's
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| y salía en las revistas del corazón.
| and he was in the gossip magazines.
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| Que cuando tomaba dos copas de más
| That when he had two drinks too many
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| la emprendía a romper maleficios a besos.
| he undertook her to break spells with kisses.
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| más de una vez, con anterioridad,
| more than once, previously,
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| tuvo Su Alteza problemas por eso.
| he had His Highness of him in trouble for that.
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| Un reflejo que a la luna
| A reflection that to the moon
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| se le escapó,
| she got away
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| en la palma de un nenúfar
| in the palm of a water lily
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| la descubrió.
| he discovered it.
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| Y como en él era frecuente
| And as in him it was frequent
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| inmediatamente
| immediately
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| la reconoció.
| he recognized her.
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| Ella era una auténtica rana común
| She was a real common frog
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| que vivía ignorante de tal redentor,
| that she lived ignorant of such a redeemer,
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| cazando al vuelo insectos de su alrededor
| chasing insects around them
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| sin importarle un rrábano el porvenir.
| without giving a damn about the future.
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| Escuchaba absorta a un macho croar
| She listened raptly to a croaking male
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| con la sangre alterada por la primavera,
| with blood altered by spring,
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| cuando a traición aquel monstruoso animal
| when she betrayed that monstrous animal
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| en un descuido la hizo prisionera.
| in an oversight of her he made her prisoner.
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| A la luz de las estrellas
| in the light of the stars
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| le acarició
| she caressed him
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| tiernamente la papaba
| tenderly the papaba
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| y la besó.
| and he kissed her.
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| Pero salió rana la rana
| But the frog came out frog
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| y Su Alteza en rana
| and Her Highness of her in frog
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| se convirtió.
| she was converted.
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| Con el agua a la altura de la nariz
| With the water at nose height
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| descubrió horrorizado que para una vez
| he discovered to his horror that for once
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| que ocurren esas cosas, funcionó al reves
| these things happen, he worked backwards
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| y desde entonces sólo hace que brincar y brincar.
| and since then she just does that jump and jump.
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| Es difícil su reinserción social.
| Her social reintegration is difficult.
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| No se adapta a la vida de los batracios
| She does not adapt to the life of batrachians
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| y la servidumbre, como es natural
| and servitude, naturally
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| no le permite la entrada en palacio.
| does not allow him to enter the palace.
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| Y en el jardín frondoso
| And in the leafy garden
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| de sus papás
| of their parents
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| hoy hay un príncipe menos
| today there is one prince less
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| y una rana más. | and one more frog. |