| Mi ciudad es chinampa
| my city is chinampa
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| En un lago escondido
| In a hidden lake
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| Es cenzontle que busca
| It's the Mockingbird you're looking for
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| En donde hacer nido
| where to nest
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| Reguilete que engaña la vista al girar
| Reguilete that fools the eye when turning
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| Baila el son del tequila y de su valentÃa
| Dance to the sound of tequila and its bravery
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| Es jinete que arriesga la vida
| He is a rider who risks his life
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| En un lienzo de fiesta y color
| In a party and color canvas
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| Mi ciudad es la cuna
| my city is the cradle
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| De un niño dormido
| of a sleeping child
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| Es un bosque de espejos
| It's a forest of mirrors
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| Que cuida un castillo
| who takes care of a castle
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| Monumento de gloria que vela su altar
| Monument of glory that watches over its altar
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| Es un sol con penacho y sarape veteado
| It is a sun with plume and veined serape
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| Que en las noches se viste de charro
| That at night he dresses as a charro
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| Y se pone a cantarle al amor
| And he starts to sing to love
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| En las tardes con la lluvia
| In the afternoons with the rain
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| Se baña su piel morena
| She bathes her brown skin
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| Y al desatarse las trenzas
| And when the braids are untied
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| Sus ojos tristes se cierran
| Her sad eyes close
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| Mi ciudad es la cuna
| my city is the cradle
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| De un niño dormido
| of a sleeping child
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| Es un bosque de espejos
| It's a forest of mirrors
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| Que cuida un castillo
| who takes care of a castle
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| Monumento de gloria que vela su altar
| Monument of glory that watches over its altar
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| Baila al son del tequila y de su valentÃa
| Dance to the sound of tequila and its bravery
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| Es jinete que arriesga la vida
| He is a rider who risks his life
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| En un lienzo de fiesta y color
| In a party and color canvas
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| Es un sol con penacho y sarape veteado
| It is a sun with plume and veined serape
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| Que en las noches se viste de charro
| That at night he dresses as a charro
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| Y se pone a cantarle al amor | And he starts to sing to love |