| Dicho:
| Saying:
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| Los malabaristas, gitanos oscuros de mirada trágica
| The jugglers, dark gypsies with tragic eyes
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| Vienen anunciando que el circo se acerca
| They come announcing that the circus is approaching
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| Con su algarabía trasnochada y áspera
| With its outdated and rough hubbub
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| Por las callecitas del pueblo que huyen secretas y rápidas
| Through the small streets of the town that flee secretly and quickly
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| Miren, allí viene el circo
| Look here comes the circus
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| Grita la juanita soltando la enorme tinaja
| Shouts the juanita letting go of the huge jar
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| Corren chitano y lucero
| Chitano and Lucero run
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| Charol y rosita, gurises del alma
| Patent leather and rosita, gurises of the soul
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| ¡ay! | Oh! |
| Quién pudiera digo
| who could say
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| Eternizar allí
| eternalize there
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| Esa alegría y la luz
| That joy and light
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| Que en sus caritas estalla
| That explodes in their little faces
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| Miren ¡ay! | Look oh! |
| Qué estrellerío
| what a crash
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| Esa bailarina lleva en su tenué vestido
| That dancer wears in her thin dress
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| Que tiembla en l aire
| That she trembles in the air
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| Dorada cenicienta d qué cuento escapaste
| Golden Cinderella from which story did you escape
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| Estribillo
| Chorus
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| Bailen gurisitos de mi pueblo
| Dance gurisitos of my town
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| Ebrios de inocencia bajo el cielo
| Drunk with innocence under the sky
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| Si no somos más que equilobristas
| If we are not more than equilobrists
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| De la esperanza, niños, de la ilusión
| Of hope, children, of illusion
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| Suelten su alegría niños
| Release your joy children
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| Por las callecitas que bajan ligeras al río
| Through the little streets that go down lightly to the river
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| Déle golpear su vencido
| Give him hit his due
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| Cajón de lustrar
| polishing drawer
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| Acompaña el rufino
| Accompany the rufino
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| ¡ay! | Oh! |
| Quién pudiera digo
| who could say
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| Eternizar allí
| eternalize there
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| Esa alegría y la luz
| That joy and light
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| Que en sus caritas estalla
| That explodes in their little faces
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| Miren ¡ay! | Look oh! |
| Qué estrellerío
| what a crash
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| Baila con los platillos cuando los frota el payaso
| Dance with the cymbals when the clown rubs them
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| Que salta en el aire
| that jumps in the air
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| Grotesca marioneta de qué cuento escapaste | Grotesque puppet from which story did you escape |