| Espérame un momento:
| Wait for me a moment:
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| Voy a volar los puentes
| I will blow up the bridges
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| Por donde cruzaron Bambino y Morente
| Where did Bambino and Morente cross
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| La Lola, y el Paco que más alumbró
| La Lola, and Paco who shone the most
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| Y es que no quiero que dé la hora
| And it's that I don't want him to tell the time
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| Del caladero a donde se fueron
| From the fishing ground where they went
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| Farruco y Pastora
| Farruco and Shepherdess
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| Vendiendo su flor
| Selling your flower
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| Y Pasos Largos, y Joselito
| And Pasos Largos, and Joselito
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| Y Valderrama, y el Torta, y Panero
| And Valderrama, and Torta, and Panero
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| Y el sueño maldito
| and the damn dream
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| Que los embaucó
| who duped them
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| Que nadie vaya a escarbar
| Nobody is going to dig
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| A la llanura del cielo
| To the plain of the sky
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| Que está el Ventura cogiendo vuelo
| That the Ventura is taking flight
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| Doliendo en los duelos
| hurting in duels
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| Baila que te baila con la cojera
| Dance that dances for you with the limp
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| Vendrá la Catrina, será tempranera
| Catrina will come, she will be early
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| Y mi tos cigarrera
| And my cigarette cough
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| No habrá de escuchar
| will not listen
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| Tan solo queda soñar
| It only remains to dream
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| Con la Fernanda y el Jero;
| With Fernanda and Jero;
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| Con Juan Talega, y el carbonero
| With Juan Talega, and the charcoal burner
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| Del ascua en que muero
| From the ember in which I die
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| No seremos los huesos
| We will not be the bones
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| Comidos a besos
| eaten with kisses
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| Que el tiempo guardó:
| That time saved:
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| Seremos pellejo
| We will be skin
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| Ni tampoco aspaviento
| Nor do I fuss
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| Ahuyentando a ese viento
| Chasing away that wind
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| Que nos devoró:
| What devoured us:
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| Seremos pájaros viejos
| We will be old birds
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| Quédate a mi lado
| Stay by me
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| A ver que nace del vientre marchito
| Let's see what is born from the withered womb
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| De estrellas fugaces que anhelan la nada…
| Of shooting stars that yearn for nothing...
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| Y nada nació
| and nothing was born
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| Y en una gota con sal
| And in a drop with salt
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| Se irán las guerras ganadas
| The won wars will go away
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| Y tus pisadas también se irán
| And your footsteps will also be gone
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| De polvo colmadas
| full of dust
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| ¿Qué será del pañuelo
| what will become of the handkerchief
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| Que su llanto nos dio
| That her crying of him gave us
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| Repartiendo consuelo?
| Doling out comfort?
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| ¿Qué será de los dos?
| What will become of the two?
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| No seremos los huesos
| We will not be the bones
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| Comidos a besos
| eaten with kisses
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| Que el tiempo guardó:
| That time saved:
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| Seremos pellejo
| We will be skin
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| Ni tampoco aspaviento
| Nor do I fuss
|
| Ahuyentando a ese viento
| Chasing away that wind
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| Que nos devoró:
| What devoured us:
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| Seremos pájaros viejos | We will be old birds |