Mario Freitas Apr 27, 2014:

Same here, DrRyan, Your suggestion would sound better and be more correct.

philgoddard Apr 27, 2014:

DrRyan If you put that as an answer, I would vote for it.
The second "no" is called a pleonastic negative.

Candace Holt Ryan Apr 26, 2014:

so it's not unusual for her to waken with... I think the idea here seems to be that it occurs often.

Charles Davis Apr 26, 2014:

Hi Anthony Your version is right, I think. What's confusing here is the double negative. What it really means, I think, is "No es extraña la mañana que se levante...", or possibly "Es extraña la mañana que no se levante...", but almost certainly the first; so the second "no" is surplus. Perhaps it's like the redundant "no" in a case like "Es mejor reír que no llorar", which means exactly the same as "Es mejor reír que llorar". Anyway, the literal meaning would be "The morning that she gets up with her face bathed in tears is not unusual"; i.e. perhaps something like "Many's that morning that..." or "Many's the day that...".