| (Nota: Lo que lee es lo que oigo. Entre 's estn las palabras
| (Note: What you read is what I hear. Between 's are the words
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| pronunciadas en andaluz)
| pronounced in Andalusian)
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| (Note: What I hear is what you get. Between 's are the andalusian
| (Note: What I hear is what you get. Between 's are the andalusian
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| pronounced words)
| pronounce words)
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| l vino en un barco de nombre extranjero
| He came on a ship with a foreign name
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| que arriv a Marsella un anochecer,
| who arrived in Marseilles one evening,
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| cuando el blanco faro sobre los veleros
| when the white lighthouse on the sailboats
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| su beso de plata dejaba caer
| her silver kiss from him dropped
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| Era alegre y rubio como la cerveza
| He was cheerful and blond as beer
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| y sus ojos claros prendaron a Yvonne
| and his clear eyes captivated Yvonne
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| cuando oy en sus manos gemir la tristeza
| when I heard sadness in her hands moan
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| doliente y cansada del acorden
| sorrowful and tired of the accordion
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| Y ante dos copas de aguardiente
| And before two glasses of brandy
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| en un rincn del petit-bar
| in a corner of the petit-bar
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| l fue contndole entre dientes su amarga historia de pesar
| He was muttering to her his bitter story of regret
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| Mira mi brazo tatuado con este nombre de mujer
| Look at my arm tattooed with this woman's name
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| Es el recuerdo de un pasado que nunca ms ha de volver
| It is the memory of a past that will never return
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| Ella me quiso y me ha olvidado
| She loved me and has forgotten me
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| En cambio yo no la olvid
| On the other hand, I did not forget her
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| Y para siempre ir marcado con este nombre de mujer
| And forever be marked with this woman's name
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| l se fue una tarde con rumbo ignorado
| He left one afternoon with an unknown course
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| sin dejar ni rastro de su acorden
| leaving no trace of his accord
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| Yvonne, de tristeza, muerta se ha quedado,
| Yvonne, of sadness, has remained dead,
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| igual que una sombra, frente al malecn
| just like a shadow, in front of the malecn
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| De una punta a otra recorre Marsella
| From one end to the other runs through Marseille
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| A los marineros pregunta por l Y va como loca buscando su huella
| She asks the sailors about him And she goes like crazy looking for his footprint
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| porque tatuado lo lleva en la piel
| because he has a tattoo on his skin
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| Y a media noche, triste y sola,
| And at midnight, sad and alone,
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| en un rincn del petit-bar
| in a corner of the petit-bar
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| oye de pronto en la gramola
| she suddenly hears on the jukebox
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| gemir de nuevo aquel cantar
| moan again that song
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| Mira mi brazo tatuado con este nombre de mujer
| Look at my arm tattooed with this woman's name
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| Es el recuerdo de un pasado que nunca ms ha de volver
| It is the memory of a past that will never return
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| Ella me quiso y me ha olvidado
| She loved me and has forgotten me
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| En cambio yo no la olvid
| On the other hand, I did not forget her
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| Y para siempre ir marcado con este nombre de mujer | And forever be marked with this woman's name |