| La conoci una tarde
| I met her one afternoon
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| con su guitarra cazaba boleros,
| with her guitar she hunted boleros,
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| tenia puesto un jean y
| she had on a jean and
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| una rosita amarilla en el pelo
| a yellow rose in her hair
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| que vas a hacer, me pregunto, soriendo
| what are you going to do, I wonder, smiling
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| lo que tu quieras, respondi
| whatever you want, I replied
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| fuimos al mar y mojamos los suenos
| We went to the sea and wet our dreams
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| guine mis ojos
| wink my eyes
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| y un delfin pinto una ola rizada en su pecho
| and a dolphin painted a curly wave on his chest
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| luego, rei y rompimos el hielo
| then i laughed and we broke the ice
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| y nos mordimos los dedos
| and we bit our fingers
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| como viola en un solo de chelo
| as a viola in a cello solo
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| Eres como una hormiguita
| you are like an ant
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| que me besa y me pica
| that kisses me and itches me
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| que recorre mi espalda
| that runs down my back
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| y se acuesta en mi barba a estudiar geografia
| and she lies down on my beard to study geography
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| eres como un trapecista que atraviesa mi lengua
| you're like a trapeze artist across my tongue
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| y tu circo de flores me carga y me suelta,
| and your circus of flowers carries me and releases me,
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| perdiento la cuenta, perdiendo la cuenta
| losing count, losing count
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| Y tuve ganas de llorar,
| And I felt like crying
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| pero tan solo en mi ojo derecho
| but only in my right eye
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| ella hablaba de la luna y de chopin
| she talked about the moon and chopin
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| y yo tocaba el preludio de un beso
| and I played the prelude to a kiss
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| luego, rei y rompimos el hielo,
| Then I laughed and we broke the ice
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| nos mordimos los dedos
| we bit our fingers
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| como viola en un solo de chelo. | as a viola in a cello solo. |