| Morenita, princesita del barrio
| Morenita, little princess of the neighborhood
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| Con azahares te coronare
| I will crown you with orange blossoms
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| Y es apagina blanca en tu diario
| And it's white page in your diary
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| Con mi amor yo te la llenare
| With my love I will fill it for you
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| Morenita, lavastes mis penas
| Morenita, you washed away my sorrows
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| Con los besos que a mi alma le das
| With the kisses that you give to my soul
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| Tu llegada absolvio mis condenas
| Your arrival absolved my convictions
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| Y no voy a dejarte jamas
| And I will never leave you
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| mi morena, prietito amor
| my brunette, tight love
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| Por ti morena
| for you brunette
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| Mi arbolito de las ilusiones
| My little tree of illusions
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| Hoy esta repletito de flor
| Today it is full of flowers
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| Morenita que adornas el pueblo
| Little brunette who adorns the town
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| Con las perlas de tu sonreir
| With the pearls of your smile
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| Si yo pintara serias retablo
| If I painted, you would be an altarpiece
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| Y algo mas te lo voy a decir
| And I'm going to tell you something else
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| De Neruda serias poema
| Neruda's serious poem
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| Y de Lara, jarocha cancion
| And from Lara, jarocha song
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| En mi pecho encendistes una llama
| In my chest you lit a flame
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| Y eres todo aqui en mi corazon
| And you are everything here in my heart
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| Ay mi morena, prietito amor
| Oh my brunette, tight love
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| Por ti morena
| for you brunette
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| Mi arbolito de las ilusiones
| My little tree of illusions
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| Hoy esta repletito de flor. | Today it is full of flowers. |
| (bis) | (Bis) |