| Que pasará
| What will happen
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| No escuchó cantar
| She did not hear singing
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| Ni los grillos al atardecer
| Not even the crickets at sunset
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| Callados los bagualeros
| The bagualeros are silent
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| Tal vez queriendo, tal vez sin querer
| Maybe wanting, maybe unintentionally
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| Ni el viento salamanquero
| Not even the salamanquero wind
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| Sopló para no dejarse ver
| She blew so as not to be seen
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| Sin carnaval
| no carnival
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| Seguro han de ver
| Sure they have to see
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| Calaveras llorando de amor
| skulls crying with love
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| La pena de andar solitos
| The pain of walking alone
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| Ahogando el grito en algun rincón
| drowning out the scream in some corner
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| Sin lunas que los apañen
| No moons to cover them
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| Ni fuego ardiendo en el socavón
| Nor fire burning in the sinkhole
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| Que macana con el carnaval
| What a club with the carnival
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| No quiere ni oir su opinión
| She doesn't even want to hear your opinion
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| Mandinga robó la albahaca
| Mandinka stole the basil
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| Y a cambio quiere entregarle una flor
| And in return she wants to give him a flower
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| Por culpa del mismo diablo
| because of the devil himself
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| Sin carnaval he quedado yo
| Without carnival I have been left
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| No encontrarás
| you will not find
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| Un alma sin paz
| a soul without peace
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| Donde pueda su cola meter
| Where can his tail stick
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| Desangra su poderío
| bleed your might
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| No encuentra vino para ofrecer
| Can't find wine to offer
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| La noche le hace la contra
| The night does the opposite
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| Apuradita para amanecer
| hurry to dawn
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| El carnaval
| The carnival
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| No va a perdonar
| will not forgive
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| Al que vino a robarle su amor
| The one who came to steal his love
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| Secretos de algún febrero
| Secrets of some February
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| Me han confesado que fue por error
| They have confessed to me that it was by mistake
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| Que el diablo anda arrepentido
| that the devil is repentant
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| Y de rodillas pidiendo perdón | And on my knees asking for forgiveness |