| Clavelitos (original) | Clavelitos (translation) |
|---|---|
| Mocita dame el clavel | Little girl give me the carnation |
| Dame el clavel de tu boca | Give me the carnation of your mouth |
| Que pá eso no hay que tener | That you don't have to have that |
| Mucha vergüenza ni poca | Not a lot of shame |
| Yo te daré el cascabel | I will give you the bell |
| Te lo prometo mocita | I promise you girl |
| Si tu me das esa miel | If you give me that honey |
| Que llevas en la boquita | What do you have in your mouth? |
| Clavelitos, clavelitos | carnations, carnations |
| Clavelitos de mi corazón | carnations of my heart |
| Hoy te traigo clavelitos | Today I bring you carnations |
| Colorados igual que un fresón | Red just like a strawberry |
| Si algún día clavelitos | If someday carnations |
| No lograra poderte traer | I won't be able to bring you |
| No te creas que ya no te quiero | Don't think that I don't love you anymore |
| Es que no te los pude traer | It's just that I couldn't bring them to you |
| La tarde que a media luz | The afternoon that at half light |
| Vi tu boquita de guinda | I saw your mouth of icing |
| Yo no he visto en Sta. Cruz | I have not seen in Sta. Cruz |
| Otra boquita más linda | Another cute little mouth |
| Y luego al ver el clavel | And then seeing the carnation |
| Que llevabas en el pelo | What were you wearing in your hair? |
| Mirándolo creí ver | Looking at him I thought I saw |
| Un pedacito de cielo | A little piece of heaven |
