| Se lo dijeron mil veces
| they told him a thousand times
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| Y ella nunca quiso poner atención
| And she never wanted to pay attention
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| Cuando vinieron los llantos
| when the cries came
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| Ya estaba muy dentro de su corazón
| She was already deep inside his heart
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| Lo esperaba hasta muy tarde
| She waited for him until very late
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| Ningún reproche le hacía;
| I did not reproach him;
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| Lo más que le preguntaba
| The more she asked him
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| Era que si la querías
| It was if you loved her
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| Y bajo sus besos en la «madrugá»
| And under her kisses in the "early morning"
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| Sin que notara la cruz de su angustia
| Without her noticing the cross of her anguish
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| Solía cantar:
| She used to sing:
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| Estribillo
| Chorus
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| Te quiero más que a mis ojos
| I love you more than my eyes
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| Te quiero más que a mi vida
| I love you more than my life
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| Más que al aire que respiro
| More than the air I breathe
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| Y más que a la madre mía
| And more than my mother
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| Que se me paren los pulsos
| Let my pulses stop
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| Si te dejo de querer
| If she stopped loving you
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| Que las campanas me doblen
| May the bells double me
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| Si te falto alguna vez
| If I ever miss you
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| Eres mi vida y mi muerte
| You are my life and my death
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| Te lo juro, compañero
| I swear to you mate
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| No debía de quererte (bis)
| I shouldn't have loved you (bis)
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| Y sin embargo te quiero
| And however, I love you
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| II
| II
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| Vive con unas y otras
| Live with each other
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| Y no le importa nada de su soledad;
| And he doesn't care about his loneliness from her;
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| Sabe que tiene un hijo
| She knows that she has a son
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| Y ni el apellido le vino a dar
| And not even her last name came to give him
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| Llorando junto a la cuna
| Crying by the cradle
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| Le dan las claras del día;
| They give him the egg whites of the day;
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| Su niño no tiene padre
| Her child has no father
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| ¡ay que mala suerte niña!
| Oh bad luck girl!
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| Y bajo sus besos en la «madrugá»
| And under her kisses in the "early morning"
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| Sin que notara la cruz de su angustia
| Without her noticing the cross of her anguish
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| La oyeron cantar:
| They heard her sing:
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| Estribillo | Chorus |