| Si una pena es media pena
| If a penalty is half a penalty
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| Para que tenerla en cuenta
| Why take it into account
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| Solo me alcanza de ida
| It only reaches me one way
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| Y a mi me falta de vuelta
| And I'm missing back
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| Pero para que tenerla en cuenta
| But why take it into account?
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| Que mi corazon no piense
| that my heart does not think
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| Que me voy a buscar otro
| I'm going to find another
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| Solo quiero que la pena
| I just want the worth
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| No camine con nosotros
| don't walk with us
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| Pero no me voy a buscar otro
| But I'm not going to look for another
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| Copla corta y que me importa
| Short couplet and what do I care
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| Cuando canto yo me olvido
| When I sing I forget
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| Ay si mi pena pudiera
| Oh if my sorrow could
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| Hacer lo mismo conmigo
| do the same with me
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| Esta copla es corta
| This couplet is short
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| Y que me importa
| What does it matter to me
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| Que mi corazon no piense
| that my heart does not think
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| Que he de hacer lo que el me diga
| That I have to do what he tells me
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| Si quiere penas mas grandes
| If he wants bigger penalties
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| Que solo el se las consiga
| That only he gets them
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| Pero no he de hacer lo que el me diga
| But I don't have to do what he tells me
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| Siempre queda alguna senda
| There is always a path
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| Por donde no van las penas
| where the sorrows do not go
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| Y unas coplas dentro de uno
| And some couplets inside one
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| Que las van haciendo ajenas
| What are they doing outside
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| Pero siempre queda alguna pena | But there is always some sorrow |