| Cielo arriba de jujuy
| sky above jujuy
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| Camino a la puna me voy a cantar
| On my way to the puna I'm going to sing
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| Flores de los tolares
| tolar flowers
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| Bailan las cholitas el carnaval
| The cholitas dance the carnival
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| En los ojos de las llamas
| In the eyes of the flames
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| Se mira solita la luna de sal
| The salt moon looks alone
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| Y estan los remolinos
| And there are the eddies
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| En los arenales dele bailar
| In the sandbanks let him dance
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| Ramito de albahaca
| sprig of basil
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| Niña yolanda donde estara
| Yolanda girl, where will she be?
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| Atras se quedo alumbrando
| Back was lighting
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| Su claridad
| your clarity
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| Flores de los tolares
| tolar flowers
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| Bailan las cholitas el carnaval
| The cholitas dance the carnival
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| Jujeñita quien te vio
| Jujeñita who saw you
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| En la puna triste te vuelve a querer
| In the sad puna she loves you again
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| Mi pena se va al aire
| my sorrow goes to the air
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| Y en el aire llora su padecer
| And in the air he cries his suffering
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| Me voy yendo volvere
| I'm leaving I'll be back
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| Los tolares solos se han vuelto a quedar
| The tolars alone have stayed again
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| Se quemara en tus ojos
| It will burn in your eyes
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| Zamba enamorada del carnaval
| Zamba in love with carnival
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| Ramito de albahaca
| sprig of basil
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| Niña yolanda donde estara
| Yolanda girl, where will she be?
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| Atras se quedo alumbrando
| Back was lighting
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| Su claridad
| your clarity
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| Vuelvo a las abajeñas
| I return to the lowlands
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| Ya mi caballito no puede mas | My little horse can no longer |