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The Marvel

She studies and works, looks for a way out.
She has me bought,1 her life is simple.
She bets on people, doesn't think about money.
A president is equal, a beggar is equal.
 
She listens to a band that plays in the village
Singing boleros with Celia, her friend.
She's wearing hip-hugger bluejeans
And has a navel that's a marvel.
 
She, the owner of my loves, the one with the brown eyes
That don't want to look at me.
She who doesn't know about reasons.
The queen of hearts who everyone wants to love.
She, who they know she's the prettiest,
Who has lived in a star and that I'm unable to reach.
 
I've seen little of her, she has forgotten me,
And in the TransMilenio2 she goes back and forth.
And on the weekend she exercises,
She doesn't like gambling, she doesn't like vices.
 
And she listens to a band that plays in the village
Singing boleros with Celia, her friend.
She's wearing hip-hugger bluejeans
And has a navel that's a marvel.
 
She, the owner of my loves, the one with the brown eyes
That don't want to look at me.
She who doesn't know about reasons.
The queen of hearts who everyone wants to love.
She, who knows she's the prettiest,
Who has lived in a star and that I 'm unable to reach.
 
I ask very little of you, just sweetness.
The street is hard
And if marriage calls you to your village,
Look for a girl cheerful and natural,
Who loves you a lot, your own rib.3
Who listens to a band playing on the shore,
Singing boleros with her friend Celia.
She's wearing hip-hugger bluejeans
And has a navel that is a marvel,
That is a marvel, that is a marvel.
 
  • 1. In other words, she owns me
  • 2. The bus transit system that serves Bogota, Colombia
  • 3. I believe that means she's a part of you
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La maravilla

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