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Y la perdí…(1947)

And I Lost Her…
lyrics by José María Contursi
music by Antonio Rodio

She has entombed me in the empty
cold of a grey and starless night.
And I’m left like a tree without bloom,
a field without sun, a lightless afternoon…

She was an oasis on my road,
she came to beautify my hours.
But in the end the stubbornness of the night
enveloped me…and I lost her!

Never…did my run-down life turn happy
and in my desolate hours
now nothing can dry my tears.
With shattered wings
my crystal dreams were lost.

Never…will you return, I know it’s never
and at the end of my journey
when nothing else remains…
you’ll call out to me.

Shadow that dissolves into the weary
cold of my words that name you,
And I’ve become sad without you,
crazy without you…dead without you.


She had her fate in my hands,
she came to beautify my hours…
But in the end the anguish of my loneliness
won out…and I lost her!

Orquesta Aníbal Troilo, singer Floreal Ruíz (1947)

(Italicized verses are not sung in the Troilo version. Read Felipe & Ayano’s version on Tango Poetry Project here. Spanish original after the jump)

Y la perdí

Ella me ha sepultado en un vacío
frío, de noche gris y sin estrellas.
Y quedé como un árbol sin flor,
tarde sin luz, campo sin sol…

Ella era un descanso en mi camino,
vino para volver mis horas bellas.
Pero al fin me envolvió la noche
con su cerrazón… ¡y la perdí!

Nunca… se alegró mi vida trunca
y en mis horas desoladas
ya nada podrá mis lágrimas secar.
Con las alas destrozadas
se perdieron mis sueños de cristal.

Nunca… volverás, yo sé que nunca
y al final de mi jornada
cuando nada exista ya…
me llamarás.

Sombra que se diluye en el hastío
frío de mi palabra que te nombra.
Y he quedado tan triste sin ti,
loco sin ti… muerto sin ti.


Ella tuvo en sus manos mi destino,
vino para volver mis horas bellas…
Pero al fin pudo más la angustia
de mi soledad… ¡y la perdí!

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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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