| y un cantar aqui en el pecho;
| and a sing here in the chest;
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| un cantar que me desgarra
| a song that tears me apart
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| cuando lo hecho con amor;
| when I do it with love;
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| lo aprendi por esos campos,
| I learned it through those fields,
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| con heridas de barbecho;
| with fallow wounds;
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| con tajadas de machetes
| with slices of machetes
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| y vibrar de guitarron.
| and vibrate guitar.
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| Lo aprendi por el palenque,
| I learned it from the palenque,
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| apostando a un gallo fino,
| betting on a fine rooster,
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| y me siento suficiente
| and i feel enough
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| pa' cantarlo por aqui;
| to sing it here;
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| al orgullo de jalisco,
| to the pride of Jalisco,
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| lo nombraron mi padrino,
| they named him my godfather,
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| y no tiene mas ahijados,
| and he has no more godchildren,
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| porque ya me tiene a mi.
| because he already has me.
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| Sangre brava y colorada,
| brave and red blood,
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| retadora como filo de puñal,
| challenging as the edge of a dagger,
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| es la sangre de mi raza,
| is the blood of my race,
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| soñadora y cancionera,
| dreamer and songwriter,
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| sangre brava y peleonera,
| brave and quarrelsome blood,
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| valentona y pendenciera
| brave and quarrelsome
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| como penca de nopal.
| like nopal leaves.
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| A las patas de un caballo,
| At the legs of a horse,
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| juego siempre mi dinero;
| I always play my money;
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| y si algunas veces fallo,
| and if sometimes I fail,
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| me desquito en un albur.
| I take it out on a gamble.
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| Traigo siempre a flor de boca,
| I always bring to the surface of my mouth,
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| la tonada que mas quiero
| the tune that I love the most
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| y pa' ver a quien le toca,
| and to see who gets it,
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| y pa hecharla a su salud.
| and to throw it to his health.
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| CORO: Sangre brava y colorada… | CHORUS: Brava and red blood… |