| ¡Triana!
| Triana!
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| Vente conmigo y haremos
| Come with me and we will
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| una chocita en el campo
| a shack in the field
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| y en ella nos meteremos,
| and we will get into it,
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| una casita en el campo
| a little house in the field
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| y en ella nos meteremos.
| and we will get into it.
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| A la Guitarrina, su pare
| To the guitar, his father
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| le va a comprar
| she is going to buy him
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| pa la feria un mantón de Lina.
| for the fair a Lina shawl.
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| Era mi primita hermana una linda carlotera,
| My little cousin was a pretty carlotera,
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| se manda a hacer un vestío
| she sends herself to make a dress
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| y no le paga a la costurera.
| and she doesn't pay the seamstress.
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| Un reloj marcao, con las horas
| A marked clock, with the hours
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| y los minutos del mal paguito
| and the minutes of the bad payment
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| que tú me has dao.
| that you have given me
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| Al pasar por la Campana,
| Passing through the Bell,
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| lo primero que se ve,
| the first thing you see,
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| un guardia tocando un pito
| a guard blowing a whistle
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| y en la manita un papel:
| and in his little hand a piece of paper:
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| «dame dos pesetas»
| "give me two pesetas"
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| «no me da la gana»
| "I do not want to"
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| «cógete del brazo, vamos pa Triana…»
| "Take your arm, let's go to Triana..."
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| Ay, qué ricas están las gambas,
| Oh, how delicious are the prawns,
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| Mari Loli, Mari Anda,
| Mari Loli, Mari Anda,
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| ay, qué ricas está las gambas.
| oh, how delicious are the prawns.
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| Mari Loli baila bien, aire con aire,
| Mari Loli dances well, air with air,
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| tu marío en la era, yo con el fraile.
| your mario in the threshing floor, me with the friar.
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| Ahora sí que no paso yo
| Now I do not pass
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| por debajo de tu balcón,
| below your balcony,
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| ¡no se vaya a desprender
| don't let go
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| y a mí me mande a San Juan de Dios!
| and he sent Saint John of God to me!
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| Si tú quieres bailar la rumba,
| If you want to dance the rumba,
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| con la pata atrás,
| with the leg behind,
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| si quieres saber
| If you want to know
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| los pasos que doy,
| the steps I take
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| vente tras de mí,
| come after me,
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| que a Triana voy;
| that I am going to Triana;
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| tú lo quitas yo los pongo
| you remove it I put them
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| carteles por las esquinas…
| billboards around the corners...
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| Al pasar por la calle la Amparo,
| When passing through la Amparo street,
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| una vieja a mi me llamó
| an old woman called me
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| y me trajo unas tijeras
| and she brought me some scissors
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| con más mojo que un latón.
| with more mojo than a brass.
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| Y el amolaor, y el afilaor,
| And the molaor, and the sharpener,
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| que afila cuchillos, que afila navajas,
| that sharpens knives, that sharpens razors,
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| que traigo la piera del amolaor,
| that I bring the piera del amolor,
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| a mi niña le gustan las papas con arroz, trototrón
| my girl likes potatoes with rice, trototron
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| tu marío en la era, yo con el fraile. | your mario in the threshing floor, me with the friar. |