| Déjame que te cuente, limeño
| Let me tell you, limeño
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| Déjame que te diga la gloria
| let me tell you the glory
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| Del ensueño que evoca la memoria
| Of the dream that evokes memory
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| Del viejo puente, del río y La Alameda
| Of the old bridge, the river and La Alameda
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| Déjame que te cuente, limeño
| Let me tell you, limeño
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| Ahora que aún perfuma el recuerdo
| Now that the memory still perfumes
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| Ahora que aún se mece en un sueño
| Now that she still rocks in a dream
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| El viejo puente, del río y La Alameda
| The old bridge, the river and La Alameda
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| Jazmines en el pelo y rosas en la cara
| Jasmines in her hair and roses on her face
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| Airosa caminaba La Flor de la Canela
| Gracefully walked La Flor de la Canela
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| Derramaba lisura y a su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and in her wake she left
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| Aromas de mistura que en el pecho llevaba
| Mistura aromas that she carried on her chest
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| Del puente a La Alameda menudo pie la lleva
| From the bridge to La Alameda she often takes her on foot
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| Por la vereda que se estremece
| Along the sidewalk that shakes
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| Al ritmo de su cadera
| To the beat of your hip
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| Recogía la risa de la brisa del río
| She picked up laughter from the river breeze
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| Y al viento la lanzaba
| And to the wind she threw it
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| Del puente a La Alameda
| From the bridge to La Alameda
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| Déjame que te cuente, limeño
| Let me tell you, limeño
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| ¡Ay!, deja que te diga, moreno
| Oh, let me tell you, Moreno
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| Mi pensamiento
| My thought
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| A ver si así despiertas del sueño
| Let's see if that's how you wake up from sleep
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| Del sueño que entretiene, moreno
| Of the dream that entertains, dark
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| Tu sentimiento
| your feeling
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| Aspira de la lisura que da La Flor de Canela
| Aspire from the smoothness that La Flor de Cinnamon gives
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| Adórnala con jazmines
| Garnish it with jasmine
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| Matizando su hermosura
| nuanced its beauty
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| Alfombra de nuevo el puente
| carpet back the bridge
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| Y engalana La Alameda
| And she decorates La Alameda
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| Que el río acompasará
| That the river will pace
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| Su paso, por la vereda
| His passing of her, along the sidewalk
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| Jazmines en el pelo y rosas en la cara
| Jasmines in her hair and roses on her face
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| Airosa caminaba La Flor de la Canela
| Gracefully walked La Flor de la Canela
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| Derramaba lisura y a su paso dejaba
| She spilled smoothness and in her wake she left
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| Aromas de mistura que en el pecho llevaba
| Mistura aromas that she carried on her chest
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| Del puente a La Alameda menudo pie la lleva
| From the bridge to La Alameda she often takes her on foot
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| Por la vereda que se estremece
| Along the sidewalk that shakes
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| Al ritmo de su cadera
| To the beat of your hip
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| Recogía la risa de la brisa del río
| She picked up laughter from the river breeze
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| Y al viento la lanzaba
| And to the wind he threw it
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| Del puente a La Alameda
| From the bridge to La Alameda
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| Dímelo, moreno
| tell me, brown
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| De Panamá a Perú
| From Panama to Peru
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| ¡Con sabor!
| With taste!
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| ¡Con sabor!
| With taste!
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| De Panamá a Perú
| From Panama to Peru
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| La flor de la canela
| Cinnamon's flower
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| Chapa esa flor | cap that flower |