And I, who took her to the river believing
That she was single but she had a husband
The light of understanding makes me more cautious
Her thighs slipped away from me like surprised fish
Half full of fire, half full of vigor
And that night I ran on the best of paths
Riding on a fine mare without reins or stirrups
And I don't want to say, as a man, things, things that she told me
Because having a husband she told me she was single
When I took her to the river

It was a moonlit night, Naila cried so much for me
She told me tenderly that she loved me madly
I asked her why she was crying and she answered me like this
My caresses are no longer good
I'm no longer Naila for you
I've been with another man
I'm no longer Naila for you

Naila, tell me why you abandon me
Foolish, you know well that I love you
Come back to me, don't look for other paths
I forgive you because without your love
My heart breaks

They told me yesterday, the double-edged tongues
That you got married a month ago
And I stayed so calm
Anyone else in my case would have started to cry
I, crossing my arms, said I didn't care
Nothing about shooting myself or cursing you, no
Nor stone with my sighs
The bars of your balconies
You got married, good luck

And live a hundred years happy
And that at the time of your death God
Doesn't hold it against you
That if at the foot of the altars you forgot my name
By the glory of my mother, I hold no grudge against you
But as your boyfriend is rich, I sell you this prophecy
In the early morning, you will dream that you were mine
And you will remember the afternoon that my mouth kissed you
And you will wake up crying and you will call yourself a coward
Yes, a coward as I tell you
Because he, he who was neither your boyfriend nor your husband nor your lover
Has been the one who loved you the most and with that my love
With that I have enough
And I don't ask heaven to send you more punishment
That you're sleeping with another and dreaming of me

Naila, tell me why you abandon me
Foolish, you know well that I love you
Come back to me, don't look for other paths
I forgive you because, without your love
My heart breaks

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