| Avridme, galanika, | Open the door, my lovely girl, |
| Ke ya va amanecer | For dawn is almost here |
| La noche yo no durmo, | I didn’t sleep all night |
| Mi lindo amor. | My lovely one |
| Pensando en vos | Thinking of you. |
| Mi padre ‘sta meidando | My father is reading; |
| Moz oyerá | He will hear us |
| Amataide la luzezica | Put out the light |
| Si se dormirá | So that he will go to sleep. |
| Amataide la luzezica | Put out the light |
| Si s’eschará | So he will lie down |
| Mi madre ‘sta cuziendo | My mother is sewing |
| Moz oyerá | She will hear us |
| Pedreide la algujica | Then hide her needle |
| Si se dormirá; | So that she will go to sleep. |
| Pedreide la algujica | Then hide her needle |
| Si s’eschará | So she will lie down |
| My brother is writing, He will hear us. | |
| Mi ermano ‘sta scriviyendo | My brother is writing |
| Moz oyerá | He will hear us |
| Pedreide la pendolika | Then hide his pen |
| Si se dormirá; | So that he will go to sleep. |
| Pedreide la pendolica | Then hide his pen |
| Si s’eschará | So he will lie down |
