| Fue en un pueblo con mar
| It was in a town with sea
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| una noche despues de un concierto;
| one night after a concert;
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| t reinabas detrs
| you reigned behind
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| de la barra del nico bar que vimos abierto
| from the bar of the only bar we saw open
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| -?Cntame una cancin
| -? Sing me a song
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| al oido y te pongo un cubata?-
| to your ear and I'll give you a drink?-
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| -?Con una condicin:
| -?On one condition:
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| que me dejes abierto el balcn de tus ojos de gata?-
| That you leave the balcony of your cat's eyes open for me?
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| loco por conocer
| crazy to meet
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| los secretos de su dormitorio
| the secrets of your bedroom
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| esa noche cant
| that night I sang
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| al piano del amanecer todo mi repertorio.
| to the piano of dawn all my repertoire.
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| Los clientes del bar
| bar patrons
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| uno a uno se fueron marchando,
| one by one they left,
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| t saliste a cerrar,
| you went out to close,
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| yo me dije:
| I told myself:
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| ?Cuidado, chaval, te estas enamorando?,
| ?Careful, kid, are you falling in love?
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| luego todo pas
| then everything happened
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| de repente, su dedo en mi espalda
| suddenly his finger on my back
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| dibujo un corazn
| I draw a heart
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| y mi mano le correspondi debajo de tu falda;
| and my hand reciprocated under your skirt;
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| caminito al hostal
| walk to the hostel
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| nos besamos en cada farola,
| we kissed in every lamppost,
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| era un pueblo con mar,
| it was a town with sea,
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| yo quera dormir contigo y t no queras dormir sola?
| I wanted to sleep with you and you didn't want to sleep alone?
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| Y nos dieron las diez y las once, las doce y la una
| And they gave us ten and eleven, twelve and one
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| y las dos y las tres
| and two and three
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| y desnudos al amanecer nos encontr la luna.
| and naked at dawn the moon found us.
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| Nos dijimos adios,
| We said goodbye
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| ojal que volvamos a vernos
| I hope we meet again
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| el verano acab
| the summer is over
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| el otoo dur lo que tarda en llegar el invierno,
| Autumn lasted as long as it takes for winter to arrive,
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| y a tu pueblo el azar
| and chance to your people
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| otra vez el verano siguiente
| again the following summer
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| me llev, y al final
| took me, and in the end
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| del concierto me puse a buscar tu cara entre la gente,
| After the concert I began to look for your face among the people,
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| y no halle quien de ti
| and do not find who of you
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| me dijera ni media palabra,
| didn't say a single word to me,
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| parecia como si
| it seemed as if
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| me quisiera gastar el destino una broma macabra.
| I would like to spend fate a macabre joke.
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| No haba nadie detrs
| there was no one behind
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| de la barra del otro verano.
| from the bar the other summer.
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| Y en lugar de tu bar
| And instead of your bar
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| me encontr una sucursal del Banco Hispano Americano,
| I found a branch of Banco Hispano Americano,
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| tu memoria vengu
| your memory came
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| a pedradas contra los cristales,
| stoned against the windows,
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| -?Se que no lo so?-
| -I know I'm not?-
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| protestaba mientras me esposaban los municipales
| I protested while the municipal officers handcuffed me
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| en mi declaracin
| in my statement
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| alegu que llevaba tres copas
| I claimed that I had three drinks
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| y empec esta cancin
| and I started this song
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| en el cuarto donde aquella vez te quitaba la ropa
| in the room where that time I took off your clothes
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| Y nos dieron las diez y las once, las doce y la una
| And they gave us ten and eleven, twelve and one
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| y las dos y las tres
| and two and three
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| y desnudos al amanecer nos encontr la luna. | and naked at dawn the moon found us. |