| Cuando estabas conmigo me faltaba cara para mi sonrisa
| When you were with me I lacked face for my smile
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| Me gustaba lucirte en la calle, en el parque, en el baile, en la misa
| I liked to show you off on the street, in the park, at the dance, at mass
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| Tocaban los mariachis al verme llegando, el muchacho alegre
| The mariachis played when they saw me arriving, the happy boy
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| Y ahora al ver mi pena los perros vecinos aullan al verme
| And now when they see my pity the neighboring dogs howl when they see me
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Si vieras cuantas cosas cambiaste mi vida
| If you saw how many things you changed my life
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| Cuando te fuiste
| When you went
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| Para no hacerla larga me apodan ahora el muchacho triste
| In order not to make it long, they now nickname me the sad boy
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| Si vieras cuantas cosas cambiaste mi vida
| If you saw how many things you changed my life
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| Cuando te fuiste
| When you went
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| Para no hacerla larga me apodan ahora el muchacho triste
| In order not to make it long, they now nickname me the sad boy
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| Cuando estabas conmigo queria aumentarle dos horas al dia
| When you were with me I wanted to increase it two hours a day
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| ¡Qué bueno que no lo hice, si no veintiséis horas te extrañaria!
| Good thing I didn't, if not twenty-six hours I'd miss you!
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| Cuando estabas conmigo mi caballo moro alegre bailaba
| When you were with me my happy Moorish horse danced
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| Ahora de ver mi pena, de verme sufrir, ni el maicito se acaba
| Now to see my sorrow, to see me suffer, not even the little maicito is over
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| CORO (2 veces) | CHORUS (2 times) |