| Yo estaba vestido de Habanero
| I was dressed as a Habanero
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| Tú dijiste adiós con la mirada
| You said goodbye with your eyes
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| Mientras que sonaba un tan Romeo
| While a so Romeo sounded
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| En un balcón de la vieja Habana
| On a balcony in old Havana
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| No hay nada más perro que el amor
| There is nothing more dog than love
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| Porque muerde siempre antes que ladra
| Because he always bites before he barks
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| Me latió tan fuerte el corazón
| my heart beat so hard
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| Me dijiste «ven"desde la barra
| You told me "come" from the bar
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| Y yo te dije «niña te invito a un mojito»
| And I told you «girl I invite you to a mojito»
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| Tú me dejaste clarito que la cosa no iba así
| You made it clear to me that things were not going that way
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| (Oye la cosa no va así)
| (Hey, it's not like that)
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| Y fue entonces cuando le pedí a la virgen
| And it was then that I asked the virgin
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| De la caridad del pobre que intercediera por mí
| From the charity of the poor who interceded for me
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| (Ay que intercediera por mi)
| (Oh that he interceded for me)
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| De repente, tú cambiaste de semblante
| Suddenly, you changed your countenance
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| Me empezaste a ver galante, yo te dije «eres mi atril»
| You began to see me gallantly, I told you "you are my lectern"
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| Fuimos solo dos extraños y han pasado ya diez años
| We were just two strangers and it's been ten years
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| Mi amor propio se quedó en los huesos
| My self love was left in the bones
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| Que venga contigo. | Come with you. |
| Me dijiste
| You told me
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| Dejó de sonar el tal Romeo
| That Romeo stopped ringing
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| Le llegó el turno a Silvio Rodríguez
| It was the turn of Silvio Rodríguez
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| Y a lomos de un unicornio azul
| And on the back of a blue unicorn
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| Te perdiste por el malecón
| You got lost on the boardwalk
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| Yo me hice la señal de la cruz
| I made the sign of the cross
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| Tú no me dejaste otra elección
| You left me no choice
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| Y yo te dije «niña te invito a un mojito»
| And I told you «girl I invite you to a mojito»
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| Tú me dejaste clarito que la cosa no iba así (oye la cosa no va así)
| You made it clear to me that things weren't going like that (hey, things weren't going like that)
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| Y fue entonces cuando le pedí a la virgen
| And it was then that I asked the virgin
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| De la caridad del pobre que intercediera por mi (ay que intercediera por mi)
| From the charity of the poor who interceded for me (Oh, who interceded for me)
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| De repente, tú cambiaste de semblante
| Suddenly, you changed your countenance
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| Me empezaste a ver galante, yo te dije «eres mi atril»
| You began to see me gallantly, I told you "you are my lectern"
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| Luego por fin bailamos, yo prometí no pisarte
| Then we finally danced, I promised not to step on you
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| Tú eras cien libras de arte y me empezaste a acalorar (tú me empezaste a
| You were a hundred pounds of art and you started making me hot (you started making me hot)
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| acalorar)
| heat)
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| Me volviste, mi amor loco de remate
| You made me, my crazy love of auction
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| Tus labios de chocolate, me invitaron a pecar (ay me invitaron a pecar)
| Your chocolate lips invited me to sin (oh they invited me to sin)
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| Y me dijiste «no todas somos iguales»
| And you told me "we are not all the same"
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| Y mis manos ilegales comenzaron a temblar
| And my illegal hands began to shake
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| Fuimos solo dos extraños y han pasado ya 10 años…
| We were just two strangers and 10 years have passed...
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Porque volví a buscarte
| Because I came back to look for you
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| Yo te pedí perdón, me hiciste arrodillarme
| I asked you for forgiveness, you made me kneel
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Mi cielo el de tu boca
| my sky the one of your mouth
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| Y a cinco bajo cero sigue estorbando la ropa
| And at five below zero it keeps getting in the way of clothes
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Me muero por tus pecas
| I'm dying for your freckles
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| Me licencie en tus piernas y en tu piel tengo una beca
| I graduated in your legs and in your skin I have a scholarship
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Me ando quitando el sombrero
| I'm taking off my hat
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| Que del melocotón ardiente como el ron mi dulce flor de enero
| That from the peach burning like rum my sweet flower of January
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Oye que Cuba es Cuba y lo demás boberias
| Hey, Cuba is Cuba and the rest is nonsense
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| Aay con frecuencia cubana, Melendi llegó a la Habana
| Aay frequently Cuban, Melendi arrived in Havana
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Ay por Dios, se formo tremendo lío
| Oh my God, a tremendous mess was formed
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| Melendi con su saborio, ¿quien lo iba a decir?
| Melendi with her taste of her, who was going to say?
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| ¡Melendi!
| melendy!
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| Desde que estamos juntos…
| Since we've been together...
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| Vente a la Habana a vivir, mi pana, ay Dios
| Come to Havana to live, my friend, oh God
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| Candela, se formó la gozadera rumbera | Candela, the rumbera gozadera was formed |