Enchained Heart
lyrics by Ivo Pelay
music by Francisco Canaro
I know everyone says I already forgot about you…
I know everyone thinks my love is dead
I know they all think that, from my past,
from your caresses, there’s no memory left.
I know that you, like everyone else, believe that I forgot,
you don’t know that I live only for you,
staring down your memory, with your image facing me.
If you ask the night,
it will tell you who I pine for.
If you ask the winds,
they will tell you who I sigh for.
The birds hear me whisper your name
and the hours know my hallucinations.
I live imprisoned by your dark eyes
which have enchained my poor heart…
I know that to the world, it’s all over…
I know that they whisper that I don’t love you anymore…
I know that you, like everyone else, think I’ve erased
all our promises from my thoughts.
I know that the red cup of your cool lips
will give off the aroma of memory and feeling,
that was sealed by that hidden kiss on your balcony…
Orquesta Francisco Canaro, singer Eduardo Adrián (1942)
Orquesta Pedro Laurenz, singer Juan Carlos Casas (1942)
Orquesta Domingo Federico, singer Armando Moreno (1955)
(Spanish original after the jump)
Corazón encadenado
Sé que todos dicen que ya te he olvidado…
Sé que piensan todos que mi amor ha muerto…
Sé que todos creen que, de aquel pasado;
que, de tus caricias, ya no hay ni un recuerdo.
Sé que, como todos, crees en mi olvido,
sin saber que vivo solamente para ti,
frente a tu recuerdo, con tu imagen ante mí.
Si preguntas a la noche,
te dirá por quién deliro.
si preguntas a los aires,
te dirán por quién suspiro.
Murmurar tu nombre, me oye el ave,
y las horas saben mi alucinación.
Vivo prisionero de tus negros ojos,
que han encadenado a mi pobre corazón.
Sé que para el mundo, todo ya ha pasado…
Sé que se murmura que ya no te quiero…
Sé que, como todos, piensas que he borrado
de mis pensamientos esos juramentos.
Sé que el vaso rojo de tu boca fresca
lucirá el aroma del recuerdo y la emoción,
que encerró aquel beso que ocultara tu balcón…
Learning the words behind the music makes the poetry of the dance sheer joy!
Posted by IPMang | 01.26.2026, 6:39 AM