| Gloria a Dios en las alturas
| Glory to God in the highest
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| Recogieron las basuras
| They picked up the rubbish
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| De mi calle, ayer a oscuras
| From my street, yesterday in the dark
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| Y hoy sembrada de bombillas
| And today planted with light bulbs
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| Y colgaron de un cordel
| And hung from a string
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| De esquina a esquina un cartel
| From corner to corner a poster
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| Y banderas de papel
| and paper flags
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| Verdes, rojas y amarillas
| Green, red and yellow
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| Y al darles el sol la espalda
| And when the sun turns its back on them
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| Revolotean las faldas
| The skirts flutter
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| Bajo un manto de guirnaldas
| Under a blanket of garlands
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| Para que el cielo no vea
| So that the sky does not see
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| En la noche de San Juan
| On the night of San Juan
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| Cómo comparten su pan
| How they share their bread
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| Su tortilla y su gabán
| His tortilla and his overcoat
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| Gentes de cien mil raleas
| People of a hundred thousand races
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| Apurad
| hurry up
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| Que allí os espero si queréis venir
| I'll wait for you there if you want to come
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| Pues cae la noche y ya se van
| Well, night falls and they already leave
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| Nuestras miserias a dormir
| our miseries to sleep
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| Vamos subiendo la cuesta
| We're going up the hill
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| Que arriba mi calle
| that up my street
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| Se vistió de fiesta
| She dressed up for a party
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| Hoy el noble y el villano
| Today the noble and the villain
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| El prohombre y el gusano
| The great man and the worm
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| Bailan y se dan la mano
| They dance and shake hands
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| Sin importarles la facha
| Regardless of the facade
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| Juntos los encuentra el sol
| Together the sun finds them
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| A la sombra de un farol
| In the shadow of a lantern
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| Empapados en alcohol
| soaked in alcohol
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| Abrazando a una muchacha
| hugging a girl
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| Y con la resaca a cuestas
| And with the hangover in tow
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| Vuelve el pobre a su pobreza
| The poor return to their poverty
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| Vuelve el rico a su riqueza
| Return the rich to his wealth
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| Y el señor cura a sus misas
| And the Lord cures his masses
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| Se despertó el bien y el mal
| Good and evil awoke
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| La pobre vuelve al portal
| The poor thing returns to the portal
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| La rica vuelve al rosal
| The rich woman returns to the rosebush
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| Y el avaro a las divisas
| And the miser to currencies
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| Se acabó
| It's over
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| El sol nos dice que llegó el final
| The sun tells us that the end has come
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| Por una noche se olvidó
| For one night he forgot
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| Que cada uno es cada cual
| That each one is each
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| Vamos bajando la cuesta
| We're going down the hill
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| Que arriba en mi calle
| that up on my street
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| Se acabó la fiesta | the party is over |