| No se que tienen mis penas
| I don't know what my sorrows have
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| Que no me quieren dejar, llorando
| They don't want to leave me crying
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| Ayer me separo de ellas
| Yesterday I separated from them
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| Hoy me vuelven a alcanzar, llorando
| Today they reach me again, crying
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| A mi pecho te dentraste
| to my chest you entered
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| Como polilla de amor, llorando
| Like a moth of love, crying
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| Me comistes las entrañas
| you ate my insides
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| Las alas de corazon, llorando
| The wings of heart, crying
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| Antes de que de mi te apartes
| Before you part from me
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| La vida me has de quitar, llorando
| You have to take away my life, crying
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| Primero venga la muerte
| first come death
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| Que yo no mei de apartar, llorando
| That I did not want to move away, crying
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| Dicen que la golondrina
| They say that the swallow
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| Busca nido pa' hueviar, llorando
| Look for a nest to egg, crying
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| Yo busco tus lindos brazos
| I look for your pretty arms
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| Para poder descansar, llorando | To be able to rest, crying |