Es en vano llorar (1943)

It’s No Use Crying (1943)
Music by Alberto Suárez Villanueva

Lyrics by Oscar Rubens

I know that you go wandering in the clubs
with your soul torn to shreds,
and that look in your eyes gives away

the bitterness in your heart.



Defeated, you’re sprawled out across the tables
crying over the one who left you last night
and while you cry over being jilted,
someone else is pining for your love.


It’s no use crying
crying over that love
that only brought you bitterness.


Better to forget her
by being near the warmth
of someone more pure and good.

Haven’t you maybe seen in her eyes

gleaming with longing
the desire to feel that she’s yours?


It’s no use crying,
crying over that love

while the sun still shines for you.

I know that you go wandering in the clubs

throwing your life away

and that with a poisoned conscience
you’re getting bitter, suffering for her love.

Stop crying over a bad seed [1]
when someone else is offering you her heart:

that good and pretty girl

who is breathless for your love…

Orquesta Miguel Caló, singer Raúl Iriarte (1943)


Iriarte does not sing the lyrics in italics.
[1] Literally, “over weeds.” The “yerba mala” here is the woman who jilted the singer’s friend, contrasted with the one who has an unrequited love for him.

(Spanish original after the jump)

Es en vano llorar

Sé que andás rodando en los boliches
con el alma desgarrada,
y que se descubre en tu mirada
la amargura de tu corazón.

Vencido estás tirado por las mesas
llorando a la que anoche te dejó:
y mientras llorás por su abandono
otra sufre por tu amor.

Es en vano llorar,
llorar ese amor
que solo te causó amargura.

Olvídala, mejor,
juntito al calor
de aquella que es más buena y pura.
¿No viste acaso en su mirar
brillante de ansiedad
su anhelo de sentirse tuya?

Es en vano llorar,
llorar ese amor,
si aún brilla para vos el sol.

Sé que andás rodando en los boliches
consumiendo tu existencia
y que envenenada tu conciencia,
te amargás sufriendo por su amor.

¡Dejate de llorar por yerba mala!
si hay otra que te brinda el corazón:
esa muchachita linda y buena
que suspira por tu amor…