| Los caballos negros son.
| Black horses are.
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| Las herraduras son negras.
| The horseshoes are black.
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| Sobre las capas relucen
| On the layers they shimmer
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| Manchas de tinta y de cera.
| Ink and wax stains.
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| Tienen, por eso no lloran,
| They have, that's why they don't cry,
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| De plomo las calaveras.
| Skulls made of lead.
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| Con el alma de charol
| With the soul of patent leather
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| Vienen por la carretera.
| They come down the road.
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| Oh ciudad de los gitanos!
| Oh city of the gypsies!
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| Quin te vio y no te recuerda?
| Who saw you and does not remember you?
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| Ciudad de dolor y almizcle
| City of pain and musk
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| Con las torres de canela.
| With the towers of cinnamon.
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| Oh ciudad de los gitanos!
| Oh city of the gypsies!
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| Quin te vio y no te recuerda?
| Who saw you and does not remember you?
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| Apaga tus verdes luces
| turn off your green lights
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| Que viene la benemrita.
| That the worthy one is coming.
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| La ciudad, libre de miedo,
| The city, free from fear,
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| Multiplicaba sus puertas.
| It multiplied its doors.
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| Cuarenta guardias civiles
| Forty civil guards
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| Entran a saco por ellas.
| They go in for them.
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| Los relojes se pararon
| the clocks stopped
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| Y el coac de las botellas
| And the brandy from the bottles
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| Se disfraz de noviembre
| It's November's costume
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| Para no infundir sospechas.
| So as not to arouse suspicion.
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| Por las calles de penumbra,
| Through the dark streets,
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| Huyen las gitanas viejas
| The old gypsies flee
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| Con los caballos dormidos
| With the sleeping horses
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| Y las orzas de monedas.
| And the orzas of coins.
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| Por las calles empinadas
| through the steep streets
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| Suben las capas siniestras,
| The sinister layers rise,
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| Dejando detrs, fugaces,
| Leaving behind, fleeting,
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| Remolinos de tijeras.
| Scissor swirls.
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| Oh ciudad de los gitanos!
| Oh city of the gypsies!
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| Quin te vio y no te recuerda?
| Who saw you and does not remember you?
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| Dejadla lejos del mar
| leave her far from the sea
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| Sin peines para sus crenchas.
| No combs for their locks.
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| Oh ciudad de los gitanos!
| Oh city of the gypsies!
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| Quin te vio y no te recuerda?
| Who saw you and does not remember you?
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| Que te busquen en mi frente.
| Let them look for you in front of me.
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| Juego de luna y arena.
| Game Moon and sand.
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| Rosa la de los Camborios,
| Rose of the Camborios,
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| Gime sentada en su puerta
| Moans sitting on her doorstep
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| Con sus dos pechos cortados
| With both her breasts cut off
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| Puestos en una bandeja.
| Put on a tray.
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| Pero la Guardia Civil
| But the Civil Guard
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| Avanza sembrando hogueras,
| Advance sowing bonfires,
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| Donde joven y desnuda
| where young and naked
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| La imaginacin se quema.
| The imagination burns.
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| Oh ciudad de los gitanos!
| Oh city of the gypsies!
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| Quin te vio y no te recuerda?
| Who saw you and does not remember you?
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| Que te busquen en mi frente.
| Let them look for you in front of me.
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| Juego de luna y arena.
| Game Moon and sand.
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| Oh ciudad de los gitanos!
| Oh city of the gypsies!
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| La Guardia Civil se aleja
| The Civil Guard moves away
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| Por un tnel de silencio
| Through a tunnel of silence
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| Mientras las llamas te cercan. | As the flames surround you. |