Pocas palabras (1941)

Few Words
lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo
music by Ricardo Tanturi

I won’t even try to brush away
all the ashes from yesterday,
from that unforgettable yesterday—
I just want to make you see
that even if you don’t believe
some loves just can’t be erased.

After so long I’ve found you again
and I feel this emotion when I look at you:
I feel a crazy thumping
in my old heart
and in the end I’ve found you again.

Few words, old friend,
few words are better.
As you see, the world turns on
without our romantic union.

Few words about what came before,
let’s not talk anymore of love—
of that love that has already past
but that still, still has not died.

Orquesta Ricardo Tanturi, singer Alberto Castillo

(Spanish original after the jump)

Pocas palabras

No pretendo remover
la cenizas del ayer,
de ese ayer inolvidable—
solo quiero hacerte ver
que aunque no lo quieras creer
hay amores imborrables.

Después de tanto vuelvo a hallarte
y esta emoción siento al mirarte:
siento un loco palpitar
en mi viejo corazón
y es que al fin te vuelvo a hallar.

Pocas palabras, vieja amiga
pocas palabras es mejor.
Ya ves, el mundo sigue igual
sin nuestra unión sentimental.

Pocas palabras de lo de antes,
no conversemos más de amor—
de aquel amor que ya pasó
pero que aún, aún no murió.