| Se llama MarÃa, es abuela con nueve nietos
| Her name is María, she is a grandmother with nine grandchildren
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| Sin diploma, sin un centavo, se ganó el corazón de un pueblo
| Without a diploma, without a penny, she won the heart of a town
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| Sin conocer a sus padres, sin abrazar a sus hermanos
| Without knowing her parents of her, without hugging her brothers
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| Cuando era niña la abandonaron y cayó en malas manos
| When she was a child she was abandoned and she fell into the wrong hands
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| Sobre una cama de acero soñaba con los versos
| She on a steel bed she dreamed of the verses
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| Que leÃa cada noche en las historias del Testamento
| She that she read every night in the Testament stories
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| Como una yegua sin riendas la quisieron amansar
| Like a mare without reins they wanted to tame her
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| Sin pensar que este espÃritu tenÃa que volar
| Without thinking that this spirit had to fly
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| Yo soy Alma de la calle
| I am the soul of the street
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| Soy solo lo que soy
| I am just what I am
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| Mi refugio son mis versos el ritmo de la calle
| My shelter is my verses the rhythm of the street
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| Es el latido de mi corazón
| It's the beat of my heart
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| Soy Alma de la calle
| I am soul of the street
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| Esta es mi vida esta soy, yo soy Alma de la calle
| This is my life, this is me, I am Alma de la calle
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| Soy la voz que se escapó
| I am the voice that got away
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| Soy la niña que creció en el alma de la calle
| I am the girl who grew up in the soul of the street
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| La vida le dió golpes y ella vida a sus hijas
| Her life gave her blows and she gave life to her daughters
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| Con su amor les enseño ser fuertes y unidas
| With her love, she taught them to be strong and united
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| Por las mañanas trabajaba frente a un centro de cultura
| In the mornings she worked in front of a culture center
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| Y por las noches se escapaba y hablaba con su musa
| And at night she would sneak out and talk to her muse
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| Sin más que fe en su bolsillo flotaba en la emoción
| With nothing but faith from her in her pocket she floated on emotion
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| Sin saber que su poesÃa le iba dar tal ovación
| Without knowing that her poetry would give her such an ovation
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| Yo soy Alma de la calle
| I am the soul of the street
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| Humilde y sencilla nos narra sus pensamientos
| Humble and simple, she tells us her thoughts
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| Con sus dedos manchados y el cansancio en sus huesos
| With his stained fingers and the weariness in his bones
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| Nuestra MarÃa vive en miseria, nuestra MarÃa es poeta
| Our Mary lives in misery, our Mary is a poet
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| Nuestra MarÃa lustra botas sentada en su caja de madera
| Our Maria shines boots sitting on her wooden box
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| Como un espejo sus palabras nos hacen apreciar
| Like a mirror of her, her words make us appreciate
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| Que hay belleza en todo y todos somos igual | That there is beauty in everything and we are all the same |