| No hay flor como la amapola
| There is no flower like the poppy
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| Ni cariño como el mío
| Not love like mine
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| Que me sentencian a muerte
| that they sentence me to death
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| No hay flor como la amapola
| There is no flower like the poppy
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| Ni cariño como el mío
| Not love like mine
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| Que me sentencian a muerte
| that they sentence me to death
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| Por tenerlo «repartío»
| For having it "distributed"
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| A las dos de la mañana
| At two O'clock in the morning
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| Me vinieron a llamar
| they came to call me
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| Tres pares de ojitos negros
| Three pairs of little black eyes
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| Y me tuve que entregar
| And I had to surrender
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| La mano en el Evangelio
| The hand in the Gospel
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| La pongo aunque yo me muera
| I put it even if I die
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| Que yo no he «matao» a nadie
| That I have not "killed" anyone
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| De noche en la carretera
| At night on the road
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| Los tormentos de mis negras duquelas
| The torments of my black duchesses
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| No se las mando ni a mis enemigos
| I don't send them even to my enemies
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| Yo soñaba con clavito y canela
| I dreamed of cloves and cinnamon
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| Me despertaron «pa» darme el castigo
| They woke me up "to" give me the punishment
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| Eres mi nombre y mi «vía»
| You are my name and my "way"
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| Eres mi lunita clara
| You are my clear moon
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| Con lo mucho que lo la quería
| With how much she loved him
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| Se va sin volver la cara
| She leaves without turning her face
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| La rosa de los amores
| The rose of love
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| La cortan pobres y ricos
| They cut it poor and rich
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| Y «toos» acaban llorando
| And «toos» end up crying
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| Igual que los niños chicos
| just like little kids
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| Los tormentos de mis negras duquelas | The torments of my black duchesses |