Don't you remember, Senora, when you had a love of your own?
You had a duenna, Senora, you had a kind chaperon
Didn't she sometimes, Senora, grant you a moment alone?

Once in a garden, Senora, didn't your love steal a kiss?
Surely a moment remembered, stirs in a settin' like this
Surely, within such a garden, wisdom can smile upon bliss

Cruel is the curfew, Senora, cruelly and strictly imposed
Soon Don Hernando will signal, biddin' the gate to be closed
Who'd be the wiser, Senora, if for a moment you dozed?

Don't you remember, Senora, you had a love of your own?
You had a duenna, Senora, you had a kind chaperon
I love her dearly, Senora, grant us a moment alone
I love her dearly, Senora, grant us a moment alone