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Adiós, Buenos Aires

Goodbye, Buenos Aires
lyrics by Leopoldo Torres Ríos

I must depart from this much belovèd land,
I must depart, though my heart begins to bleed.
Like a poet, I must say before I leave:
goodbye Buenos Aires, my dear friends, goodbye.

Porteña nights that knew all my greatest joys
today stand as mute witnesses to my pain,
every corner stirs another memory in me—
and all of it speaks to me of love.

I don’t know what paths my steps will take
as destiny leads me far from this land.
in my soul I carry many losses and many pains
that I hope to forget down some road.

And if among the thick mists of London
or in the hellish din of New York City
this hidden pain suddenly comes back to life—
goodbye Buenos Aires, my dear friends, goodbye.

Orquesta Típica Victor, singer Ángel Vargas



(Spanish original after the jump)

Adiós, Buenos Aires

Debo alejarme de mi tierra tan querida,
debo alejarme, sangrando el corazón,
como el poeta he de decir en mi partida:
adiós Buenos Aires, amigos adiós.

Noches porteñas que supieron de mi dicha,
mudos testigos hoy de mi dolor,
cada rincón me trae algún recuerdo
todo, todo me habla de su amor.

No sé que rumbos tomarán mis pasos,
lejos de esta tierra me lleva el destino,
yo tengo en el alma penas y fracasos
que olvidar quisiera por algún camino.

Y si entre las brumas espesas de Londres
o en la algarabía infernal de New York,
arranque esa pena que siempre se esconde
adiós Buenos Aires, amigos adiós.

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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