| La niña del Albaicín
| The girl from the Albaicin
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| Era una rosa de oro
| She was a golden rose
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| Morena del alba y trigo
| Dawn moray and wheat
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| La niña del Albaicín
| The girl from the Albaicin
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| Era una rosa de oro
| She was a golden rose
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| Morena del alba y trigo
| Dawn moray and wheat
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| Y color de almendra en sus ojos
| And almond color in her eyes
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| La niña del Albaicín
| The girl from the Albaicin
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| Vivía en un carmen moro
| She lived in a Carmen Moro
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| Encerrada entre cancelas
| locked between gates
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| Con llaves y con cerrojos
| With keys and locks
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| Cuando llegaba la noche
| when the night came
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| Llegaba también su novio
| Her boyfriend also came
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| Y junto a la celosía
| And next to the lattice
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| Cantaba siempre celoso:
| She sang always jealous:
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| Tengo miedo, mucho miedo
| I am afraid very afraid
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| Me da miedo de la luna
| I'm afraid of the moon
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| Échate un velo a la cara
| Throw a veil over your face
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| Cubre tu piel de aceituna
| Cover your olive skin
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| Y apaga tus verdes ojos
| And turn off your green eyes
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| Por que son toda mi fortuna
| Because they are all my fortune
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| Por que tengo, mucho miedo
| Why am I so scared?
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| Me da miedo de la luna
| I'm afraid of the moon
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| La niña del Albaicín
| The girl from the Albaicin
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| Sube una tarde a la Alhambra
| Go up one afternoon to the Alhambra
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| Y allí la pilló la noche
| And there the night caught her
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| Llena de luna y albahaca
| Full of moon and basil
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| Quiso volver y no pudo
| She wanted to go back and couldn't
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| La luna le dio en la cara
| The moon hit him in the face
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| Y un galán besó su boca
| And a gallant kissed her mouth
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| Entre arrayanes y dalias
| Between arrayanes and dahlias
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| La niña del Albaicín
| The girl from the Albaicin
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| Huyó con él de Granada
| She fled with him from Granada
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| Su novio la llora, llora
| Her boyfriend cries for her, cries
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| La llora junto a la Alhambra
| She cries next to the Alhambra
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| Tengo miedo, mucho miedo
| I am afraid very afraid
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| Me da miedo de la luna
| I'm afraid of the moon
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| Se enamoró de su cara
| She fell in love with his face
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| Y de su piel de aceituna
| And of its olive skin
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| Se enamoró de sus ojos
| She fell in love with his eyes
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| Y me robó mí una fortuna
| And stole me a fortune
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| Y por eso me da miedo
| And that's why it scares me
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| Mucho miedo de la luna. | Very afraid of the moon. |