No me mires, que miran 

que nos miramos, 

y verán en tus ojos 

que nos amamos. 

No nos miremos, 

que cuando no nos miren 

nos miraremos.

Don't look at me, for if they see that we 

are looking at each other, and they will 

see in your eyes that we love each other. 

Let's not look at each other, so that when 

they don't look at us we will look at each 

other.

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María Chuchena su techo techaba, y 

un techador le pregunta: 

""¿Que techas Maria Chuchena? O 

techas tu choza o techas la ajena?"" 

""No techo mi choza ni techo la ajena. 

Yo techo el techo de María 

Chuchena.""

María Chuchena was thatching her roof, 

and a thatcher asks: What ar you 

thatching María Chuchena, are you 

thatching your cottage or somebody elses? 

I'm not thatching my cottage nor 

somebody elses, I'm thatching the roof of 

María Chuchena.

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Comí cacahuates, me encacahaticé, 

ahora para desencacahatizarme, 

cómo me desencacahatizaré. 

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