| El baile ya ha comenzado
| The dance has already started
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| Allá por Santiago del Estero
| There by Santiago del Estero
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| Retumba toda la selva
| The whole jungle rumbles
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| El repicar de un bombo legüero
| The ringing of a legüero bass drum
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| De fiesta toda la noche
| partying all night
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| El dulce brillo de las estrellas
| The sweet shine of the stars
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| Bailaba la Telesita
| The telesita danced
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| Que era la danza, que era la reina
| That was the dance, that was the queen
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| Nochecitas santiagueñas
| Santiago nights
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| Ardientes, puras noches de plata
| Hot, pure silver nights
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| La luna sobre del monte
| The moon over the mountain
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| En luz brillante se desparrama
| In bright light it scatters
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| Que baile la Telesita
| Let the Telesita dance
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| Dulce y fragante como las flores
| sweet and fragrant like flowers
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| Gritaba la paisanada
| the peasantry shouted
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| Emborrachada de amores
| drunk with love
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| Que busca la pobrecita
| What is the poor thing looking for?
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| Tal vez la danza le de un consuelo
| Maybe the dance will give him some consolation
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| Tu pollera remolino
| Your swirl skirt
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| Tus pies descalzos, trompo de fuego
| Your bare feet, top of fire
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| Telesita, Telesita
| Telesite, Telesite
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| Te has vuelto lluvia, te has vuelto luna
| You have become rain, you have become moon
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| Te has vuelto flor de los campos
| You have become a flower of the fields
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| Te has vuelto brisa que me perfuma
| You have become a breeze that perfumes me
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| Han pasado muchos años
| It has been many years
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| Pero tu pueblo nunca te olvida
| But your people never forget you
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| Bailando en los rezabailes
| Dancing in the rezabailes
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| Para que tu alma siga encendida
| So that your soul remains on
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| Que baile la Telesita
| Let the Telesita dance
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| Dulce y fragante como las flores
| sweet and fragrant like flowers
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| Gritaba la paisanada
| the peasantry shouted
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| Emborrachada de amores | drunk with love |