| En la Alhambra habia una rosa
| In the Alhambra there was a rose
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| Mas bonita que ninguna
| prettier than any
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| La blancura de la fuente
| The whiteness of the source
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| Envidiaba su blancura
| She envied his whiteness
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| De noche, cuando la Alhambra
| At night, when the Alhambra
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| Se iba vistiendo de luna
| She was dressing in the moon
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| Bajaba el viento a Granada
| The wind dropped to Granada
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| En busca de su hermosura
| In search of your beauty
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| La rosa se distraia
| The rose was distracted
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| Oyendo los surtidores
| Listening to the suppliers
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| Mientras el viento gemia
| While the wind moaned
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| De amor en los miradores
| Of love in the viewpoints
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| Ay, rosa de la Alhambra
| Oh, rose of the Alhambra
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| Rosa de la moreria!
| Rose of the Moreria!
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| Hare lo que tu me mandes
| I will do what you tell me
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| Con tal de que seas mia
| As long as you're mine
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| Manda repicar campanas
| Ring bells
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| Y yo las repicare
| And I will ring them
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| Manda que se seque el Darro
| Order the Darro to dry
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| Y no volvera a correr
| And I won't run again
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| Pero por amor de Dios
| But for God's sake
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| Pero por amor de Dios
| But for God's sake
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| No me mandes que no te quiera
| Do not tell me not to love you
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| Porque eso no puedo yo
| Because I can't do that
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| Paso la reina una tarde
| I spend the queen one afternoon
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| A la vera de la rosa
| At the side of the rose
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| Si la rosa era de nieve
| If the rose was made of snow
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| La reina era mas hermosa
| The queen was more beautiful
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| Y, cortandola del tallo
| And, cutting it from the stem
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| Con mano de terciopelo
| With a velvet hand
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| En un alfiler
| on a pin
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| De plata
| Silver
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| Se la prendio sobre el pelo
| He pinned it on his hair
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| Y por la noche en la Alhambra
| And at night in the Alhambra
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| Mientras la rosa moria
| while the rose died
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| Llorando en los arrayanes
| Crying in the arrayanes
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| El viento, triste, decia:
| The wind, sad, said:
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| Ay, rosa de la Alhambra
| Oh, rose of the Alhambra
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| Rosa de la moreria!
| Rose of the Moreria!
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| Hare lo que tu me mandes
| I will do what you tell me
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| Con tal de seas mia
| As long as you're mine
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| Manda repicar campanas
| Ring bells
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| Y yo las repicare
| And I will ring them
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| Manda que se seque el Darro
| Order the Darro to dry
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| Y no volvera a correr
| And I won't run again
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| Pero por amor de Dios
| But for God's sake
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| Pero por amor de Dios
| But for God's sake
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| No mandes que no te quiera
| Do not send that I do not love you
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| Porque eso no puedo yo | Because I can't do that |