| El campo espera al atardecer,
| The field waits for the sunset,
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| la tarde entera sueña al caer.
| the whole afternoon dreams as it falls.
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| Cruza una lenta torcaza el mar
| A slow dove crosses the sea
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| verde amarillo del alfalfar.
| alfalfa yellow green.
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| Y yo soñando con volver,
| And I dream of going back,
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| hago palomas de papel.
| I make paper doves.
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| Y escribo cartas a granel
| And I write letters in bulk
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| sobre el rojizo atardecer.
| over the reddish sunset.
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| Por esa mujer, por esa mujer,
| For that woman, for that woman,
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| que me ha puesto en la piel
| that she has put on my skin
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| un aire encantado
| an enchanted air
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| y un enamorado y gracioso clavel.
| and an enamored and graceful carnation.
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| Entre los sauces el agua va,
| Between the willows the water goes,
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| besando el aire, mujer al fin.
| kissing the air, woman at last.
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| Susurra un grillo la soledad,
| A cricket whispers loneliness,
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| Con su latido de violín.
| With her violin beat of it.
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| Y yo soñando con volver,
| And I dream of going back,
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| hago palomas de papel.
| I make paper doves.
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| Y escribo cartas a granel
| And I write letters in bulk
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| sobre el rojizo atardecer.
| over the reddish sunset.
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| Por esa mujer, por esa mujer,
| For that woman, for that woman,
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| que me ha puesto en la piel
| that she has put on my skin
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| un aire encantado,
| an enchanted air,
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| y un enamorado y gracioso clavel. | and an enamored and graceful carnation. |