| Bajo el puñal del invierno
| Under the knife of winter
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| Murió en los campos la tarde
| She died in the fields in the afternoon
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| Con su tambor de desvelos
| With his sleepless drum
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| Salió la luna a rezarle
| She came out the moon to pray to him
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| Rezos en la noche blanca
| Prayers in the white night
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| Tañen las arpas del aire
| The harps of the air sing
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| Mientras le nacen violines
| While violins are born
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| A los álamos del valle
| To the poplars of the valley
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| Zamba de la luna llena
| Zamba of the full moon
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| Baila la noche en las calles
| She dances the night in the streets
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| Con su pañuelo de esquinas
| With his corner handkerchief
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| Y su ademán de saudades
| And his gesture of saudades
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| Se emponchan de grises nieblas
| They cover themselves with gray mists
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| Los verdes cañaverales
| The green cane fields
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| Y caminan los caminos
| And they walk the roads
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| Con su escolta de azahares
| With his escort of orange blossoms
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| La noche llena de arpegios
| The night full of arpeggios
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| La copa de los nogales;
| The cup of the walnut trees;
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| El tamboril de la luna
| The drum of the moon
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| Cuelga su copla en el aire
| Hang your copla in the air
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| Zamba de la luna llena
| Zamba of the full moon
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| Baila la noche en las calles
| Dance the night in the streets
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| Con su pañuelo de esquinas
| With his corner handkerchief
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| Y su ademán de saudades
| And his gesture of saudades
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| Mi corazón bate palmas
| My heart claps
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| Con las manos de mi sangre
| With the hands of my blood
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| Mientras, cansada, la luna
| While, tired, the moon
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| Se duerme sobre los valles | It sleeps over the valleys |