| En el caf de Levante,
| In the Levante cafe,
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| Entre palmas y alegras,
| Between palms and cheers,
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| Cantaba la Zarzamora
| The blackberry sang
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| Se lo pusieron de mote
| They gave it a nickname
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| Porque dicen que tena
| because they say I had
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| Los ojos como las moras.
| Eyes like blackberries.
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| Le abro primero un tratante y ol
| I open a dealer first and ol
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| Y luego fu de un marqus
| And then it was from a marquis
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| Que la llen de brillantes y ol
| That they fill it with brilliant and ol
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| De la cabeza a los pies.
| From her head to her feet.
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| Deca la gente que si era de hielo,
| People said that if it was made of ice,
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| Que si de los hombres se andaba burlando,
| That if he was making fun of men,
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| Hasta que una noche con rabia de celos,
| Until one night, in a rage of jealousy,
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| A la Zarzamora pillaron llorando.
| Zarzamora was caught crying.
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| Que tiene la Zarzamora que a todas horas
| What does the Blackberry have that at all hours
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| Llora que llora por los rincones.
| Cry that cries in the corners.
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| Ella que siempre rea y presuma
| She who always laughs and brags
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| De que parta los corazones
| That she breaks hearts
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| Del querer hizo la prueba y un cario conoci
| Of wanting she did the test and I met a dear
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| Que la trae y que la lleva por la calle del dolor
| That brings her from her and that takes her through the street of pain
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| Los flamencos del colmao
| The flamingos of colmao
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| La vigilan a deshora,
| They watch her at the wrong time,
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| Porque se han empestillao
| Because they have been bolted
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| En saber del querer desgraciado
| In knowing the unhappy want
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| Que embruj a la Zarzamora.
| That bewitched the Blackberry.
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| Cuando sonaban las voces,
| When the voices sounded,
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| Una copla de agona
| A couplet of agony
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| Lloraba la Zarzamora
| The Blackberry cried
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| Mas nadie daba razones
| But no one gave reasons
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| Ni el intrngulis saba
| Not even the intrngulis knew
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| De aquella pena traidora
| Of that treacherous sorrow
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| Pero una noche al levante y ol
| But one night up and ol
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| Fu a buscarla una mujer.
| He went to find her a woman.
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| Cuando la tuvo delante y ol
| When he had it in front of her and ol
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| Se dijeron no se qu.
| They said I don't know what.
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| De aquello que hablaron ninguno saba
| Nobody knew about what they talked about
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| Ms la Zarzamora lo dijo llorando,
| Ms Blackberry said it crying,
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| En una coplilla que pronto corri
| In a couplet that soon ran
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| Y que ya la gente la va publicando.
| And that people are already publishing it.
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| Que tiene la Zarzamora que a todas horas… | What does the Blackberry have that at all hours… |