| Era moreno tostao
| He was dark brown
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| Dicen que de El Coronil
| They say that from El Coronil
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| Con unos ojos rajaos
| with slit eyes
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| Y al mirarme enloquecí
| And looking at me I went crazy
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| Sombrero negro, faja de oro
| Black hat, gold sash
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| Metío en años, pero galán
| put in years, but gallant
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| Duro y valiente para los toros
| Tough and brave for the bulls
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| Pa las mujeres, como un Don Juan
| For women, like a Don Juan
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| En el Café de la Aurora
| At the Cafe de la Aurora
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| Donde cenamos los dos
| where we both had dinner
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| La voz de una cantaora
| The voice of a singer
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| En un cante me avisó:
| In a cante she warned me:
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| Carcelera, ay, carcelera
| Jailer, oh, jailer
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| La del color bronceao
| The one with the tan color
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| Morenita y con ojeras
| Brunette and with dark circles
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| De terciopelo morao
| purple velvet
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| Apártalo de tu vera
| Get it away from you
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| Porque es un hombre casao
| because he is a married man
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| Y, si dejas que te quiera
| And if you let me love you
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| Lo vas a hacé un desgraciao
| you're going to make a disgrace
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| ¡Carcelera, ay, carcelera!
| Jailer, oh, jailer!
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| No me importó de la gente
| I didn't care about the people
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| Ni lo que hablaron de mí
| Nor what they talked about me
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| Que me importó solamente
| that I only cared
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| Su cariño compartir
| Your love share
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| Pero una noche de luna llena
| But one full moon night
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| Cuando en mi reja me hablaba él
| When he spoke to me at my gate
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| Sentí mi arma de angustia llena
| I felt my gun of anguish fill
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| Al ver la sombra de su mujer
| Seeing the shadow of his wife
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| —Vengo aquí por lo que es mío—
| —I come here for what is mine—
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| Arrodillá me pidió
| kneel down he asked me
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| Le juré darlo al olvío
| I swore to give it to oblivion
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| Y ahora ya no escucho yo:
| And now I no longer listen:
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| Apártame de tu vera
| take me away from you
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| Que soy un hombre casao
| that I am a married man
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| Y, si dejas que te quiera
| And if you let me love you
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| Me vas a hacé un desgraciao
| you're going to make me a disgrace
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| ¡Carcelera, ay, carcelera! | Jailer, oh, jailer! |