| Gringo, cantanos una polkita
| Gringo, sing us a polkita
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| Le decían sus paisanos
| His countrymen told him
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| Gringo, dale con la pandereta
| Gringo, hit him with the tambourine
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| Te queremos ver bailar
| we want to see you dance
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| Cuando el gringo con su paso lento
| When the gringo with his slow pace
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| Se acercaba a los demás
| He approached the others
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| Y cantaba su canción de lejos
| And he sang his song of him from afar
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| Más de uno vi llorar
| I saw more than one cry
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| En sus ojos la celeste herida
| In his eyes the celestial wound
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| De polonia sin cerrar
| from poland unclosed
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| Les dolía tanto como el día
| It hurt them as much as the day
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| Que llegaron de ultramar
| who came from overseas
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| Y cuando el gringo comenzaba el baile
| And when the gringo started the dance
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| Comenzaban el ritual
| They began the ritual
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| Cada golpe de la pandereta
| Every beat of the tambourine
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| Grito a grito hacían notar
| Shout to shout they made notice
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| Gringo, no te calles todavía
| Gringo, don't shut up yet
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| Que la noche no ha pasado…
| That the night has not passed...
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| Gringo, dale con la pandereta
| Gringo, hit him with the tambourine
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| Canta sólo una vez más
| Sing just one more time
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| El más viejo en una silla
| The oldest in a chair
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| Como herido en la mitad
| Like wounded in the middle
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| Mascullaba su tristeza lejos
| She mumbled her sadness from him far away
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| Del clamor de los demás | From the cry of others |