| Madre, en la puerta está un Niño
| Mother, at the door is a Child
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| Más hermoso que el sol bello;
| More beautiful than the beautiful sun;
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| Supongo que tenga frío
| i guess i'm cold
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| Porque viene casi en cueros
| Because it comes almost bare
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| Pues dile que entre
| So tell him to come in
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| Se calentará
| will get hot
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| Porque en esta tierra
| because on this earth
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| Ya no hay caridad
| no more charity
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| Porque en esta tierra
| because on this earth
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| Ya no hay caridad
| no more charity
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| Entró el Niño y se sentó;
| The Child came in and sat down;
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| Hizo que se calentara;
| He made her warm;
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| Le preguntó la patrona
| asked the boss
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| De qué tierra y de qué patria
| From what land and from what country
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| Mi Padre del cielo
| my father in heaven
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| Mi Madre también
| My mother too
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| Yo bajé a la tierra
| I came down to earth
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| Para padecer
| to suffer
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| Yo bajé a la tierra
| I came down to earth
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| Para padecer
| to suffer
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| Niño, si quieres cenar
| Boy, if you want to have dinner
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| Se te pondrá de contado;
| It will be put to you in cash;
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| Y te quedarás en casa
| And you will stay home
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| Como hijo muy estimado
| As a very dear son
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| El Niño responde:
| The Boy replies:
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| Eso no, señora
| Not that ma'am
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| Que tengo una Madre
| that I have a mother
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| Que el cielo la adora
| that heaven adores her
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| Que tengo una Madre
| that I have a mother
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| Que el cielo la adora
| that heaven adores her
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| Mucho quieres a tu Madre
| You love your mother very much
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| Sí, señora, sí la quiero;
| Yes, ma'am, I do love you;
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| Tres días que no la he visto
| I haven't seen her for three days
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| Cien mil años se me han hecho
| A hundred thousand years have been made for me
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| Si usted me dijera
| if you told me
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| Dónde se encontraba
| where was he
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| De rodillas fuera
| kneeling out
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| Hasta que la hallara
| Until I found her
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| De rodillas fuera
| kneeling out
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| Hasta que la hallara
| Until he found her
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| Hazle la cama a este Niño
| Make this Child's bed
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| En la alcoba y con primor
| In the bedroom and with beauty
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| No me la haga usted, señora
| Don't do it to me, ma'am
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| Que mi cama es un rincón
| That my bed is a corner
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| Mi cama es el suelo
| my bed is the floor
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| Desde que nací
| Since I was born
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| Y hasta que me muera
| And until she dies
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| Ha de ser así
| It has to be like this
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| Y hasta que me muera
| And until I die
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| Ha de ser así
| It has to be like this
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| A eso de la madrugada
| around dawn
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| El Niño se levantó
| The boy got up
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| A decirle a la patrona
| To tell the boss
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| Que se quedara con Dios
| That she stay with God
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| Que se iba al templo
| That he was going to the temple
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| Que aquella es su casa
| That this is your house
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| Donde iremos todos
| where will we all go
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| A darle las gracias
| to thank you
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| Donde iremos todos
| where will we all go
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| A darle las gracias | to thank you |