| Yo vine y no traje nada
| I came and I did not bring anything
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| Y lo mejor me llevé…
| And the best I got...
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| Porque ella es la flor más linda
| Because she is the most beautiful flower
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| La de Santo Tomé…
| The one from São Tomé…
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| Si es que se agita mi canción
| If my song is shaken
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| Ya tiene adonde ir…
| She already has somewhere to go...
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| Río no traigas las sombras
| Rio don't bring the shadows
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| Dulce río de amor…
| Sweet river of love...
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| La pena nos hace sauce…
| Grief makes us willow...
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| Que no lloró…
| That he didn't cry...
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| Si es que se agita
| If it is shaken
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| Es como un trébol
| It's like a clover
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| Que acaba de nacer…
| who has just been born...
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| Yo vine y no traje nada
| I came and I did not bring anything
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| Y lo mejor me llevé…
| And the best I got...
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| Ya que ella es la flor más linda
| Since she is the most beautiful flower
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| La de Santo Tomé…¡oh!
| The one from São Tomé…oh!
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| Mis ojos saben la orilla
| My eyes know the shore
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| Su cuerpo el junco azul
| Her body of her the blue rush
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| Que se entretiene bailando
| That she entertains herself dancing
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| En procura de luz…
| In search of light…
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| Yo vine y no traje nada
| I came and I did not bring anything
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| Y lo mejor me llevé…
| And the best I got...
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| Porque ella es la flor más linda
| Because she is the most beautiful flower
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| La de Santo Tomé…¡ah!
| The one from São Tomé…ah!
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| ¿Por qué sus ojos simplemente
| Why are her eyes just
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| Dicen todo, todo sobre mí?
| They say everything, everything about me?
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| ¿Por qué sus manos dulcemente
| Why do her hands gently
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| Leen todo todo sobre mí?
| They read everything all about me?
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| Quiero saber…
| I want to know…
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| Quiero saber…
| I want to know…
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| Arena que sus pies besas
| Sand that you kiss her feet
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| Déjala déjala…
| let her let her...
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| Que baile sobre otras playas
| That dances on other beaches
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| En mi alma…
| In my soul…
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| Puente que nunca descansa
| bridge that never rests
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| De llevar y traer
| Take away and bring
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| Las almas y la esperanza
| souls and hope
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| Que solo quieren volver
| They just want to go back
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| Si es que se agita mi canción
| If my song is shaken
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| Ya tiene adonde ir…
| You already have a place to go...
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| Yo vine y no traje nada
| I came and I did not bring anything
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| Y lo mejor me llevé
| And the best I took
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| Ya que ella es la flor más linda
| Since she is the most beautiful flower
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| La de Santo Tomé…¡ah! | The one from São Tomé…ah! |