| No se sabe donde suena un acordeon
| It is not known where an accordion sounds
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| Ladra un perro loco a una nube gris
| A mad dog barks at a gray cloud
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| Canta un marinero que anda sin timon
| A sailor who walks without a rudder sings
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| Y pasa con sus flores la dulce Mimi
| And the sweet Mimi passes with her flowers
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| Hay un olor fuerte que llego del mar
| There is a strong smell that came from the sea
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| Con su andar pesado, torpe y de barril
| With his heavy, clumsy, barrel-like walk
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| Sin hombre que pueda de nuevo estrenar
| Without a man who can brand new
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| Pasa, pasa con sus flores la dulce Mimi
| Come in, come in with her flowers, sweet Mimi
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| La dulce Mimi
| sweet mimi
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| Manchon de carmin
| stain of carmine
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| Boca desdentada
| toothless mouth
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| La dulce Mimi
| sweet mimi
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| Amor de serrin
| sawdust love
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| En cama sudada
| in sweaty bed
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| La noche vendra y sola estara
| The night will come and she will be alone
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| Sola, sin hombre y sin pan
| Alone, without a man and without bread
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| ?Ay? | ?Oh? |
| ?Ay que pena me da!
| Oh, what a pity it gives me!
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| La dulce Mimi
| sweet mimi
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| Del ayer conserva un negro manton
| From yesterday she keeps a black shawl
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| Y un retrato antiguo que alumbra un candil
| And an old portrait that lights up a lamp
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| Igual que un fantasma por el callejon
| Just like a ghost down the alley
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| Pasa con sus flores la dulce Mimi
| Sweet Mimi passes with her flowers
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| Al primer borracho que encontro al pasar
| To the first drunk that he found when passing
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| Se ofrecio lo mismo que una vieja actriz
| She offered herself the same as an old actress
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| Con los pies de plomo y la soledad
| With leaden feet and loneliness
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| Pasa con sus flores la dulce Mimi | Sweet Mimi passes with her flowers |