| De un carro negro como el carbón,
| Of a coal-black chariot,
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| bajó febrero invitándome,
| February came down inviting me,
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| por más que digo que no,
| As much as I say no
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| de ver el fuego comienzo a arder.
| to see the fire start to burn.
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| Un año entero esperándolo,
| A whole year waiting for him,
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| no me lo puedo perder.
| I can not lose it.
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| El chisperío me alborotó,
| The spark stirred me up,
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| allá en la cueva del carnaval,
| there in the carnival cave,
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| añapa, chicha y alcohol,
| añapa, chicha and alcohol,
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| me puse en guarda para tomar,
| I put myself on guard to drink,
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| por si no hubiera más ocasión,
| in case there was no more occasion,
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| yo me apuraba para empezar.
| I was in a hurry to start.
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| Una banguala dio la señal,
| A banguala gave the signal,
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| se armó la fiesta no viene en tren,
| the party was set up, he does not come by train,
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| ameninazaba el lugar,
| threatened the place,
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| un cola larga meneándose,
| a long wagging tail,
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| a mi lechuza invitó a bailar,
| he invited my owl to dance,
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| y yo mirando quedé.
| and I was left watching.
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| Estribillo
| Chorus
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| Por comedido prendí una luz,
| By restraint I turned on a light,
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| y se acabó el carnaval,
| and the carnival is over,
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| el diablo me hizo al cruz,
| the devil made me to the cross,
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| y fué el comienzo de mi final,
| and it was the beginning of my end,
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| me condenó por ingratitud,
| he condemned me for ingratitude,
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| dejándome sin bailar.
| leaving me without dancing.
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| La ví a la luna ponerse en pie,
| I saw the moon stand up
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| como portero del socavó,
| as goalkeeper of the undermined,
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| ardiendo el rojo papel,
| burning the red paper,
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| para invitarme a la tentación,
| to invite me to temptation,
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| me dijo que antes de amanecer,
| he told me that before dawn,
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| encontraría un amor.
| I would find a love.
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| Después de meses de recorrer,
| After months of touring,
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| una tortuga llegó al final,
| a turtle reached the end,
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| apuradita de sed,
| thirsty,
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| más apurada para bailar,
| more in a hurry to dance,
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| un sapo la hizo quedar con él,
| a toad made her stay with him,
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| y se olvidó de cantar.
| and she forgot to sing.
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| Un zorro negro, negra intensión,
| A black fox, black intention,
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| juntaba tuto para mentir,
| I gathered tuto to lie,
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| como novato que soy,
| as a rookie that I am,
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| se aprovechaba muy bien de mi,
| he took very good advantage of me,
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| me convenció que como el humor,
| he convinced me that like humor,
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| haría al diablo reír.
| would make the devil laugh.
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| Estribillo
| Chorus
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| Por comedido prendí una luz,
| By restraint I turned on a light,
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| y se acabó el carnaval,
| and the carnival is over,
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| el diablo me hizo al cruz,
| the devil made me to the cross,
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| y fué el comienzo de mi final,
| and it was the beginning of my end,
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| me condenó por ingratitud,
| he condemned me for ingratitude,
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| dejándome sin bailar. | leaving me without dancing. |