| Ahora les voy a cantar
| Now I'm going to sing to you
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| A las niñas por bonitas
| To the girls for being pretty
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| A las viejas por viejitas
| To the old ones for old ladies
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| Y a mi amor por olvidar
| And to my love for forgetting
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| Tantas flores en el flan
| So many flowers in the flan
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| Tantas aves en el cielo
| So many birds in the sky
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| Tantas tórtolas en vuelo
| So many turtle doves in flight
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| Pero cuánto gavilán
| But how much hawk
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| Zopilotes a volar
| buzzards to fly
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| Presumido el gavilán
| smug the hawk
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| Las palomas de San Juan
| The pigeons of San Juan
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| Lo pueden desplumar
| they can pluck it
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| Solo quiero contemplar
| I just want to contemplate
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| Sus ojitos y besar
| His little eyes and kiss
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| Su boquita sin igual
| Your little mouth without equal
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| Que me haré tanto mal
| that I will do myself so much harm
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| Ni paseo mi suerte mi vida
| I didn't walk my luck my life
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| Mi vida me la han robado
| My life has been stolen
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| Pero a mi me han dejado
| But they have left me
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| Mi amor que te quiere y te buscara
| My love who loves you and will look for you
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| Dame de despedida, mi vida
| Give me goodbye, my life
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| Mi vida no mas un beso
| my life no more than a kiss
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| Ahora te doy mi vida
| Now I give you my life
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| Mi vida, mi vida te entrego yo
| My life, my life I give you
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| En los versos del cantar
| In the verses of singing
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| Hay uno que a mi me gusta
| There is one that I like
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| El del tonto que se asusta
| The one with the fool who gets scared
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| Con su sombra al caminar
| With his shadow of him walking
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| Si hay alguno en la humedad
| If there is any in the humidity
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| Si hay alguno que le duela
| If there is one that hurts
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| Que de besos le consuela
| That of kisses consoles him
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| Le consuela la verdad
| He comforts her the truth
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| Zopilotes a volar
| buzzards to fly
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| Presumido el gavilán
| smug the hawk
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| Las palomas de San Juan
| The pigeons of San Juan
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| Lo pueden desplumar
| they can pluck it
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| Solo quiero contemplar
| I just want to contemplate
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| Sus ojitos y besar
| His eyes and kiss
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| Su boquita sin igual
| His mouth without equal
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| Que me haré tanto mal
| that I will do myself so much harm
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| Ni paseo mi suerte mi vida
| I didn't walk my luck my life
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| Mi vida me la han robado
| My life has been stolen
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| Pero a mi me han dejado
| But they have left me
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| Mi amor que te quiere y te buscara
| My love who loves you and will look for you
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| Dame de despedida, mi vida
| Give me goodbye, my life
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| Mi vida no mas un beso
| my life no more than a kiss
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| Ahora te doy mi vida
| Now I give you my life
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| Mi vida, mi vida te entrego yo | My life, my life I give you |