| Que bonitos que son sus ojitos
| How beautiful are his eyes
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| Que parecen puntitos de vida
| that look like points of life
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| No permita que así me despida
| Don't let me say goodbye like this
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| Sin haberle jurado mi amor
| Without having sworn my love
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| Son chiquitos pero re’bonitos
| They are small but they are pretty
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| Y entreabiertos parecen rendija
| And half-open they look like a crack
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| Yo no quiero que nunca se aflijan
| I don't want them to never grieve
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| Sus ojitos llenitos de sol
| His little eyes full of sun
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| Sus ojitos al mirarme me jugaron una chanza
| His little eyes when looking at me played a trick on me
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| Y ahora traigo la esperanza de podermelos robar
| And now I bring the hope of being able to steal them
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| Me la quero llevar pa' mi casa
| I want to take her to my house
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| Pa' cantarle y pa’darle la lata
| To sing to him and to give him the can
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| Con mi brazo le hare una alcayata
| With my arm I will make a spike
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| Pa' llevarla conmigo a pasear
| To take her with me for a walk
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| Quero verla tortiando la maza
| I want to see her roasting the mace
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| Y apurarle al frijol con huazontle
| And rush the bean with huazontle
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| Quero verla cargando un escuincle
| I want to see her carrying a escuincle
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| Que muy pronto me diga papa
| That very soon dad tell me
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| Que en lo macho se parezca
| That she in the male she looks like
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| Nada menos que a su padre
| none other than his father
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| Y que saque de su madre ese modo de mirar
| And that she take from her mother that way of looking
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| Quero verla tortiando la maza
| I want to see her roasting the mace
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| Y apurarle al frijol con huazontle
| And rush the bean with huazontle
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| Quero verla cargando un escuincle
| I want to see her carrying a escuincle
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| Que muy pronto me diga papa | That very soon dad tell me |