| Ligia Elena, la cándida niña de la sociedad,
| Ligia Elena, the candid society girl,
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| se ha fugado con un trompetista de la vecindad.
| she has eloped with a neighborhood trumpeter.
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| El padre la busca afanosamente, lo está comentando toda la gente,
| Her father is looking for her eagerly, all the people are commenting on it,
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| y la madre pregunta angustiada: en dónde estará?
| and the mother asks in anguish: where is she?
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| De nada sirvieron regaños, ni viajes, ni monjas,
| Scoldings were of no use, nor trips, nor nuns,
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| ni las promesas de amor que le hicieran los niños de bien;
| nor the promises of love that good children made her;
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| fue tan buena la nota que dio aquel humilde trompeta
| the note that she gave that humble trumpet was so good
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| que, entre acordes de cariño eterno, se fué ella con él.
| that, between chords of eternal affection, she left with him.
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| Se han mudado a un cuarto chiquito con muy pocos muebles,
| They have moved into a small room with very little furniture,
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| y allí viven contentos y llenos de felicidad.
| and there they live content and full of happiness.
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| Mientras tristes, los padres, preguntan: «¿En donde fallamos?»
| While sad, the parents ask: "Where did we fail?"
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| Ligia Elena con su trompetista amándose están.
| Ligia Elena with her trumpeter of her loving each other.
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| Dulcemente se escurren los días en aquel cuartito,
| Sweetly the days slip away in that little room,
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| mientras que en las mansiones lujosas de la sociedad,
| while in the luxurious mansions of society,
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| otras niñas que saben del cuento, al dormir, se preguntan:
| Other girls who know about the story, when sleeping, ask themselves:
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| «¿Ay señor!, y mi trompetista cuándo llegará?»
| "Oh sir! And when will my trumpeter arrive?"
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| Otras niñas que saben del cuento, al dormir, se preguntan:
| Other girls who know about the story, when sleeping, ask themselves:
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| «¿Ay señor!, y mi trompetista cuándo llegará?»
| "Oh sir! And when will my trumpeter arrive?"
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está asfixi'á.
| Ligia Elena is happy and her family is suffocating.
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Se escapó con un trompeta de la vecindad'.
| She ran away with a trumpet from the neighborhood.'
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Se llevaron la niña del ojo 'el papá.
| They took the apple of the eye 'the dad.
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| «¿En donde fallamos?», pregunta mamá.
| "Where did we go wrong?" Mom asks.
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Se a colado un binche en la blanca sociedad.
| A bug has crept into white society.
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| Davi deo dodó, davi deoo dodó…
| Davi deo dodo, davi deoo dodo...
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Pudo más el amor que el dinero., ¡señor!
| Love was stronger than money, sir!
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| ¡Qué buena la nota que dio aquel trompeta!
| How good the note that she gave that trumpet!
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Eso del racismo, broder, no está en ná'.
| That racism thing, broder, is not in ná'.
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| «¡Déjala que la agarre!», nos jura el papá.
| “Let her grab it!” Dad swears to us.
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| Ligia Elena está llena de felicidad.
| Ligia Elena is full of happiness.
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| («! Le voy a enseñar.¡,
| («! I am going to teach him.¡,
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| que yo la voy a agarrar!
| I'm going to catch her!
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| Yo la voy a agarrar! | I'm going to catch her! |
| Horror¡,! | Horror,! |
| Horror¡)
| Horror)
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| Mire doña Gertrudis,
| Look Dona Gertrudis,
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| le digo que estoy.,
| I tell him that I am
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| pero es que, mire:
| but, look:
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| A mi lo que más me.,
| To me what most me.,
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| (mmmm…)
| (MMM…)
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| a mí lo que más me.,
| to me what most me.,
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| (mmmm…)
| (MMM…)
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| a mí lo que más me… ¡choca!
| what most shocks me!
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| es que esa mal agradecida,
| is that ungrateful,
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| yo pensaba que me iba a dar un nietecito con.,
| I thought I was going to give myself a little grandson with.,
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| los cabellos rubios,
| blonde hair,
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| los ojos rubios,
| blonde eyes,
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| los dientes rubios,
| blond teeth,
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| como Fry Donahew,
| as Fry Donahew,
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| y va y se marcha con ese.,
| and he goes and leaves with that.,
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| ¡con ese tusa!
| with that tusa!
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.)
| (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.)
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| (Ligia Elena está contenta y su familia está a’fixi'á.) | (Ligia Elena is happy and her family is a'fixi'á.) |