| Agüita cristalina es lo que quiero
| Crystal clear water is what I want
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| Fuentes de Alhambra mora pa mis adentros
| Fountains of the Alhambra dwells within me
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| Hogueras de cariño sin posesiones
| Bonfires of affection without possessions
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| ay! | Oh! |
| somos indigentes de mil amores.
| We are destitute of a thousand loves.
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| Dunas y arena fina de cobre dorao
| Dunes and fine golden copper sand
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| Levantan la mañana lunares y morao
| They raise the polka dots and morao in the morning
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| Sultanas de las calles y de los montones
| Sultanas of the streets and the mounds
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| Fuego y metales calientes de mil canciones.
| Fire and hot metals of a thousand songs.
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| Corazones llenos, bolsillos vacíos
| Full hearts, empty pockets
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| Tesoros de rumba y fuego, sultanas de mercaíllo
| Treasures of rumba and fire, sultanas of flea market
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| Mi casa donde me encuentro chabolillas por los caminos
| My house where I find shanties along the roads
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| «sound sistem"en las paradas, improvisando con chatitos de vino
| "sound sistem" at the stops, improvising with small wine glasses
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| Y es que la vida es así, la vida es así…
| And it is that life is like that, life is like that...
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| Cada una vive como puede o como le dejan vivir.
| Each one lives as she can or as they let her live.
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| Pasa, pasa, tristeza pasa, pasa
| Come on, come on, sadness come on, come on
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| Pasa por un momento y entra calor
| It passes for a moment and heat enters
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| Fuego y abrasa, pasa!
| Fire and burn, come on!
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| Pasa, pasa, tristeza pasa, pasa
| Come on, come on, sadness come on, come on
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| Pasa por un momento y entra calor
| It passes for a moment and heat enters
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| Fuego y abrasa, pasa!
| Fire and burn, come on!
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| Siguiendo la cadencia desmesurada
| Following the disproportionate cadence
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| Espera en compañía que llegue el alba
| Wait in company for the dawn to come
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| Viajeros de la noche y de las pasiones.
| Travelers of the night and of the passions.
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| Fuego y metales calientes de mil canciones.
| Fire and hot metals of a thousand songs.
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| Pasa, pasa
| pass, pass
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| Riqueza de verdad no tiene precio ni se compra, ni se vende
| Real wealth has no price nor is it bought or sold
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| Rumba y entra calor
| Rumba and get hot
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| Libre, «Techarí"que no manda ni obedece «jala, jala»
| Free, "Techarí" who does not command or obey "jala, jala"
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| Pasa, pasa, «jala, jala""jala, jala, jala»
| Come on, come on, "Hala, hala""Hala, hala, hala"
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| Rumba y entra calor, fuego y abrasa, pasa!
| Rumba and enter heat, fire and burn, pass!
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| Pasa, pasa, tristeza pasa, pasa
| Come on, come on, sadness come on, come on
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| Pasa por un momento y entra calor
| It passes for a moment and heat enters
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| Fuego y abrasa, pasa!
| Fire and burn, come on!
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| Pasa, pasa, tristeza pasa, pasa
| Come on, come on, sadness come on, come on
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| Pasa por un momento y entra calor
| It passes for a moment and heat enters
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| Fuego y abrasa, pasa! | Fire and burn, come on! |