| Fue en un pueblo con mar una noche después de un concierto
| It was in a seaside town one night after a concert
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| túreinabas detrás de la barra del único bar que vimos abierto,
| you reigned behind the bar of the only bar we saw open,
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| cántame una canción al oído y te pongo un cubata
| sing me a song in my ear and I'll give you a drink
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| con una condición, que me dejes abierto el balcón de tus ojos de gata.
| On one condition, that you leave the balcony of your cat's eyes open for me.
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| Loco por conocer los secretos de tu dormitorio
| Crazy to know the secrets of your bedroom
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| esa noche cantéal piano del amanecer todo mi repertorio.
| That night I sang my entire repertoire at the dawn piano.
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| Los clientes del bar, uno a uno, se fueron marchando
| The patrons of the bar, one by one, left
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| túsaliste a cerrar, yo me dije cuidado chaval, te estás enamorando.
| You went out to close up, I told myself, be careful, kid, you're falling in love.
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| Luego todo pasó, de repente tu dedo en mi espalda
| Then it all happened, suddenly your finger on my back
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| dibujóun corazón y mi mano le correspondiódebajo de tu falda.
| drew a heart and my hand responded to it under your skirt.
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| Caminito al hostal nos besamos en cada farola
| Little walk to the hostel we kissed at each lamppost
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| era un pueblo con mar, yo quería dormir contigo y túno querías dormir sola.
| It was a town with a sea, I wanted to sleep with you and you didn't want to sleep alone.
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| Y nos dieron las diez y las once,
| And they gave us ten and eleven,
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| las doce y la una, y las dos y las tres
| twelve and one, and two and three
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| y desnudos al anochecer nos encontróla luna,
| and naked at dusk the moon found us,
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| Nos dijimos adiós, ojaláque volvamos a vernos,
| We said goodbye, hopefully we'll see each other again,
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| el verano acabó, el otoño durólo que tarda en llegar el invierno.
| summer ended, autumn lasted as long as it takes for winter to arrive.
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| Y a tu pueblo el azar, otra vez, el verano siguiente
| And to your people chance, again, the following summer
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| me llevóy al final del concierto me puse a buscar tu cara entre la gente
| He took me and at the end of the concert I started looking for your face among the people
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| y no halléquien de ti me dijera ni media palabra
| and I didn't find anyone of you who said a single word to me
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| parecía como si me quisiera gastar el destino una broma macabra.
| It seemed as if fate wanted to play a macabre joke on me.
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| No había nadie detrás de la barra del otro verano
| There was no one behind the bar the other summer
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| y en lugar de tu bar, me encontréuna sucursal del banco hispanoamericano,
| and instead of your bar, I found a branch of the Hispano-American bank,
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| tu memoria vengué, a pedradas contra los cristales,
| I avenged your memory, throwing stones at the windows,
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| séque no lo soñé, protestaba mientras me esposaban los municipales
| I know I didn't dream it, I protested while the municipal officers handcuffed me
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| en mi declaración aleguéque llevaba tres copas
| in my statement I alleged that I had three drinks
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| y empecéesta canción en el cuarto donde aquella vez te quitaba la ropa.
| and I started this song in the room where I was taking your clothes off that time.
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| (Estribillo dos veces) | (Chorus twice) |