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NormanKliman -> RE: hey norman! (Apr. 26 2010 21:52:54)
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"Puño" means fist, but also cuff, which is the meaning here. In this case, the word "comer" (me como) would be more like to bite than to eat. With that in mind, everything else should fall into place: The singer makes an assumption and gets excited, but when things don't go as he'd imagined, he becomes so enraged that he has to bite the cuff of his shirt (presumably to avoid screaming, becoming violent, etc.)
Sounds like a temper tantrum, eh? It's exactly what Mairena wanted to convey (now I'm making assumptions) because the style of soleá is Frijones. In several of Mairena's recordings of these styles, the letras describe a person who doesn't always act in a civilized and/or adult manner. Here are some examples:
Yo me rompo mi camisa
y te la pongo de turbante
no quiero que me la des
ni que se la des a nadie
Yo me quito me camisita
y la tiraba en tu corral
a ver si viéndome encueros
tú me tomabas más voluntad
A llorar yo me ponía
a ver si llorando sangre
de mí te condolecías
Por lo que me está pasando
yo no he tiradito piedra
poquito me está faltando
Si otro te camelara
yo sacaría un cuchillito
y la cabeza le cortara
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