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Tu boca mintió (No me mires) (1951)

Lies from Your Lips (Don’t Look at Me!)
(1951)
Music by Armando Angeletti

Lyrics by Alberto Longo

When I meet you, I’m begging you not to look at me,
Because your gaze rekindles my pain;
Follow your road, your flowered path,
Let my life go on without you;
Otherwise one day when I’ve had too many drinks
I may throw away my manhood and my honor.

I…tore my life,
my home, and my faith to pieces for you…
Now…there are only ashes left
of everything we had yesterday;
I dreamed of a world of love and hopes
That night when, between kisses, I called you mine,
Now from the depths of my soul I curse
that distant dream, the lies from your lips…

You’ve hurt me, my life has always been
Your toy, passion and pain;
I don’t want to see you anymore, I wanted to forget you,
to kill my feelings with another fantasy;

Otherwise one day when I’ve had too many drinks
I may throw away my manhood and my honor.

Orquesta Juan D’Arienzo, singer Roberto Lemos (1951)

Orquesta Juan D’Arienzo, singer Armando Laborde (1954)

(Spanish original after the jump)

Tu boca mintió (No me mires)
(1951)
Música de Armando Angeletti

Letra de Alberto Longo



Cuando te encuentro, ruego que no mires,

que tu mirada me aviva el dolor;

seguí tu camino, tu senda florida,

dejá que mi vida prosiga sin vos;

no sea que un día me encuentre entre copas

y tire por el suelo mi hombría y mi honor.



Yo…que por vos hice trizas…

mi paz, mi hogar y mi fe…

Hoy… sólo quedan cenizas

de todo lo que ayer fue;

yo soñé un mundo de amor y de esperanzas

la noche que entre besos te pude llamar mía,

maldigo ahora del fondo de mi alma

la ilusión lejana que tu boca mintió…



Me has hecho daño, mi vida siempre ha sido
juguete tuyo, pasión y dolor;

ya no quiero verte, quisiera olvidarte,

matar mi cariño tras otra ilusión;


No sea que un día me encuentre entre copas

y tire por el suelo mi hombría y mi honor.



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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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