| Tú no princesa, tú no, tú eres distinta
| You are not princess, you are not, you are different
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| No eres como las demás chicas del barrio
| You are not like the other girls in the neighborhood
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| Así los hombres te miran, cómo te miran
| This is how men look at you, how they look at you
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| Así murmura envidioso el vecindario
| This is how the neighborhood murmurs enviously
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| Tú no princesa, tú no, tú eres la rosa
| You are not princess, you are not, you are the rose
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| Que fue a nacer entre cardos como revancha
| Who was born among thistles as revenge
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| Un … despiadado, un don del día
| A... ruthless, a gift of the day
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| Se ocupa de echar por tierra toda esperanza
| It deals with shattering all hope
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| Tú no has de ver consumida como la vida pasó de largo
| You must not see consumed as life passed by
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| Maltratada y malquerida, sin ver cumplida ni una promesa
| Mistreated and ill-loved, without seeing even a promise fulfilled
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| Me dice mientrás cepilla el pelo su princesa
| He tells me while brushing his princess's hair
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| Tú no princesa, tú no, tú no has nacido
| You are not princess, you are not, you were not born
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| Para pasar las fatigas que yo pasé
| To pass the fatigues that I passed
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| Sacandole el dobladillo a un miserable
| Hemming a wretch
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| Salario que no alcanza al fin de mes
| Salary that is not enough at the end of the month
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| Tú no princesa, tú no, por Dios lo juro
| Not you princess, not you, to God I swear
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| Tú no andarás de rodillas fregando pisos
| You will not be on your knees scrubbing floors
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| No acabarás hecha un zarrio como tu madre
| You will not end up made a zarrio like your mother
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| Cansada de quitar mierda y de parir hijos
| Tired of removing shit and giving birth to children
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| Tú no saldrás … y muertos de hambre
| You will not go out … and starving
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| Ya me imagino la cara de las vecinas cuando aparezcas
| I can already imagine the face of the neighbors when you appear
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| En mi … por esta vieja …
| In my… for this old…
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| Tú no princesa, tú no, vuelve temprano
| Not you princess, not you, come back early
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| Y la sigue un paso atrás hasta la calle
| And she follows her one step back to the street
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| Planchándole con la palma en la mano
| Ironing with palm in hand
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| Una arruga que el vestido le hace en el talle | A wrinkle that her dress makes in her waist |