| Quería ella buscar a su amado que se fué
| She wanted to look for her lover who left
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| Muchas olas atrás
| many waves behind
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| Quería ella escaparse de una isla
| She wanted to escape from an island
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| De la Habana tropical
| From tropical Havana
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| Montarse al arcoiris, resbalar
| ride the rainbow, slip
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| Y así ganar su libertad
| And so win your freedom
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| Salir volando, ir nadando
| fly away, go swimming
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| Alguna forma de poderlo encontrar
| any way to find it
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| Vestida como un hada ella se fué
| Dressed like a fairy she left
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| Montada en un delfín ella escapó
| Mounted on a dolphin she escaped
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| Y en la mar ella se hundió
| And in the sea she sank
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| Nadando entre corales, caracolas
| Swimming among corals, conches
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| Y entre peces de colores
| And among goldfish
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| Jugando con delfines en las olas
| Playing with dolphins in the waves
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| Empapada en amores
| drenched in love
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| Y el profundo azul llenaba sus rincones
| And the deep blue filled its corners
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| Y borraba sus dolores
| And she erased her pains
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| La luna le plateaba sus espaldas, y su cola
| The moon silvered her back, and her tail
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| Y sus escamas
| and its scales
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| Vestida como un hada ella se fué
| Dressed like a fairy she left
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| Montada en un delfín ella escapó
| Mounted on a dolphin she escaped
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| Y en la mar ella se hundió
| And in the sea she sank
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| De repente ella soñó
| suddenly she dreamed
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| Que encontraba a su amado
| That she found her lover
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| Que nadaba a su lado
| That she swam by his side
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| De repente ella soñó
| suddenly she dreamed
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| Que sus cuerpos enlazados
| That her bodies linked
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| Se sumían abrazados
| They fell into each other's arms
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| En la mar
| In the sea
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| De repente despertó
| She suddenly woke up
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| Y sus sueños diluídos
| And his dreams of her diluted
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| Entre azules y el olvido
| Between blues and oblivion
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| De repente despertó
| She suddenly woke up
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| Convertida en sirena
| turned into a mermaid
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| Recostada en la arena
| lying on the sand
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| De repente despertó
| suddenly woke up
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| Y sus sueños diluídos
| And his dreams of her diluted
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| Entre azules y gemidos
| Between blues and moans
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| De repente despertó
| suddenly woke up
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| Convertida en sirena
| turned into a mermaid
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| Recostada en la arena
| lying on the sand
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| En la mar
| In the sea
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| Una sirena, en la mar, una sirena | A mermaid, in the sea, a mermaid |