| ¿Por qué me vine de Chile
| Why did I come from Chile
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| Tan bien que yo estaba allá?
| So good that I was there?
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| Ahora ando en tierras extrañas
| Now I walk in strange lands
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| Ay, cantando como apenada
| Oh, singing like sorry
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| Tengo en mi pecho una espina
| I have a thorn in my chest
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| Que me clava sin cesar
| that nails me endlessly
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| En mi corazón que sufre
| In my heart that suffers
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| Ay, por su tierra chilena
| Oh, for his Chilean land
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| Quiero bailar cueca
| I want to dance cueca
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| Quiero tomar chicha
| I want to drink chicha
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| Ir al mercado
| Go to the market
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| Y comprarme un pequén
| And buy me a little one
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| Ir por Matucana
| Go for Matucana
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| Y pasear por la quinta
| And stroll down the fifth
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| Y al Santa Lucía
| And to Saint Lucia
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| Contigo mi bien
| with you my good
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| Antes de salir de Chile
| Before leaving Chile
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| Yo no supe comprender
| I did not understand
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| Lo que vale ser chilena:
| What it is worth to be Chilean:
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| Ay, ahora sí que lo sé
| Oh now I know
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| Igual que lloran mis ojos
| just as my eyes cry
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| Al cantar esta canción
| by singing this song
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| Ay, así llora mi guitarra
| Oh, that's how my guitar cries
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| Penosamente el bordón
| sadly the staff
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| Qué lejos está mi Chile
| How far is my Chile
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| Lejos mi media mitad
| Away my half half
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| Qué lejos mis ocho hermanos
| How far my eight brothers
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| Ay, mi comadre y mi mamá
| Oh, my comadre and my mom
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| Parece que hiciera un siglo
| It seems like a century ago
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| Que de Chile no se nada
| That I don't know anything about Chile
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| Por eso escribo esta carta
| That's why I write this letter
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| Ay, la mando de aquí pa' allá | Oh, I send her from here to there |