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Ilusión azul (1945)

Blue Illusion
lyrics by Arquímedes Arci

Haughty and conceited, like a pagan goddess
you passed by me, showing your spite,
and since that day I know that I have lost
the ineffable glory of a dream of love.
I don’t miss your kisses—those were feigned,
nor do I miss your strangely sweet lips…
only the gleam of your eyes pains me
since yesterday they gazed upon me with such passion.

Eyes that were stars
that guided my soul,
that rob me of calm as they cruelly reject me
when I anxiously search for their gaze of love.
Eyes that were the nets
that imprisoned me
when I sincerely adored you, they have enslaved me
by placing this blue illusion in my soul.

But your disdainful, frigid soul
knew nothing of love to ease my pain.
Your eyes deceived me,
so beguiling, with their shine.
And now I’m dragging the chain
of the sad memories
of the lovely past
when I lived joyously
in the golden arms
of that illusion.

Orquesta Alfredo De Angelis, singer Carlos Dante

(Spanish original after the jump)


Ilusión azul

Altiva y soberbia, cual diosa pagana,
pasaste a mi lado mostrando el rencor,
y desde aquel día yo sé que he perdido,
la gloria inefable de un sueño de amor.
No extraño tus besos, que fueron fingidos,
ni extraño tus labios de raro dulzor…
tan solo me duele el fulgor de tus ojos
que ayer me miraron con honda pasión.

Ojos que fueron estrellas
que guiaron mi alma,
que me roban calma si me niegan crueles
cuando ansioso busco su mirar de amor.
Ojos que fueron las redes
donde prisionero
te adoré sincero, y me han hecho esclavo,
al poner en mi alma la azul ilusión.

Pero tu alma, desdeñosa y fría,
no sabía de amores para mi dolor.
Fueron tus ojos los que me mintieron
tan engañadores, con su fulgor.
Y ahora arrastro la cadena
del recuerdo triste
del pasado hermoso,
al vivir dichoso
en los dorados brazos
de aquella ilusión.

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About Derrick Del Pilar

Born and raised in Chicago, I came to the tango while studying at the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires in 2006. In 2008 I earned my B.A. with majors in Creative Writing and Spanish & Portuguese from the University of Arizona, and in 2009 I earned an M.A. in Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. My specialty is the history & literature of early 20th century Argentina.

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