| Si en el firmamento poder yo tuviera
| If in the firmament I could have
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| Esta noche negra lo mismo que un pozo
| This black night the same as a well
|
| Con un cuchillito de luna, lunera
| With a little moon knife, lunera
|
| Si en el firmamento poder yo tuviera
| If in the firmament I could have
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| Esta noche negra lo mismo que un pozo
| This black night the same as a well
|
| Con un cuchillito de luna, lunera
| With a little moon knife, lunera
|
| Cortaría los hierros de tu calabozo
| I would cut the irons of your dungeon
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| Si yo fuera reina de la luz del día
| If I were queen of daylight
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| Del viento y del mar
| Of the wind and the sea
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| Cordeles de esclava yo me ceñiría
| Slave cords I would gird myself
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| Por tu libertad
| for your freedom
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| ¡Ay, pena, penita, pena!
| Oh, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow!
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| Pena de mi corazón
| pity of my heart
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| Que me corre por las venas
| that runs through my veins
|
| Con la fuerza de un ciclón
| With the force of a cyclone
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| Es lo mismo que un nublado
| It is the same as a cloudy
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| De tiniebla y pedernal
| Of darkness and flint
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| Es un potro desbocado
| He is a runaway colt
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| Que no sabe dónde va
| who doesn't know where he's going
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| Es un desierto de arena
| It is a desert of sand
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| Es mi gloria en un penal
| It's my glory in a penalty
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| ¡Ay, pena, ay, pena!
| Oh pity, oh pity!
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| Yo no quiero flores, dinero ni palmas
| I don't want flowers, money or palms
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| Quiero que me dejen llorar tus pesares
| I want you to let me cry your sorrows
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| Y estar a tu vera, cariño del alma
| And be by your side, darling of the soul
|
| Bebiéndome el llanto de tus soleares
| Drinking the tears of your soleares
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| Me duelen los ojos de mirar sin verte
| My eyes hurt from looking without seeing you
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| Reniego de mí
| I deny myself
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| Que tienen la culpa de tu mala suerte
| Who are to blame for your bad luck
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| Mil rosas de abril
| thousand roses of april
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| ¡Ay, pena, penita, pena!
| Oh, sorrow, sorrow, sorrow!
|
| Pena de mi corazón
| pity of my heart
|
| Que me corre por las venas
| that runs through my veins
|
| Con la fuerza de un ciclón
| With the force of a cyclone
|
| Es lo mismo que un nublado
| It is the same as a cloudy
|
| De tiniebla y pedernal
| Of darkness and flint
|
| Es un potro desbocado
| He is a runaway colt
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| Que no sabe dónde va
| who doesn't know where he's going
|
| Es un desierto de arena
| It is a desert of sand
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| Es mi gloria en un penal
| It's my glory in a penalty
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| ¡Ay, pena, ay, pena! | Oh pity, oh pity! |
| (x2) | (x2) |