A la lima y al limón [English translation]

The girl across the street no, no

doesn't have large pretty eyes

neither is she tall and slender, no, no

nor are her lips like rubies.

No one passes by her gate,

No one knocks on her window.

and only the wind in the night

comes by to court at her street.

And the children sing-song...

to la rueda*, rueda

this sad ballad that the wind will blow to her:

"To the lemon and the lime,

you don't have someone to love you

To the lemon and the lime,

you will remain an old maid

Oh what a pity and how sad

Oh what a pity and how sad

The girl across the street

has remained an old maid

has remained an old maid

to the lemon and the lime."

The girl across the street no, no

never gives up on her hopes,

and awaits night and day, yes, yes

that love that never passes by.

Her girlfriends have married,

her sister have all married

and she, dolled up, but without a suitor

sits and waits by the window

And other children sing-song to the rueda, rueda,

the same old refrain

that the wind carries to her:

"To the lemon and the lime,

you don't have someone to love you

To the lemon and the lime,

you will remain an old maid

Oh what a pity and how sad

Oh what a pity and how sad

The girl across the street

has remained an old maid

has remained an old maid

to the lemon and the lime."

The girl across the street yes, yes

at thirty has finally married

a gentleman that is fifty, yes, yes

that they say is a magistrate.

She shows him off on the walkways;

she shows him off in theaters,

and always walks on the street

proudly grasping his arm.

And with irony, she always softly sings

to the same sing-song of rueda rueda:

"To the lemon and the lime,

now I have someone to love me.

To the lemon and the lime,

I didn't remain an old maid.

My pain is finally over,

my pain is finally over,

now that a man has called at my door

and I've given him my heart

and he has made me his wife,

to the lemon and the lime."