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Pawnshop music & lyrics by Enrique Santos Discépolo I’ve always known that the world was a mess and always will be… in 506 A.D. and in the year 2000 too! There have always been crooks, swindlers* and chumps, happy and bitter people, treasures and forgeries… But now no one can deny that the 20th century … Continue reading
South lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Aníbal Troilo Old San Juan and Boedo, and the whole sky, [1] Pompeya and beyond that the flood, your bridal tresses flowing through my memory and your name floating in that farewell. The blacksmith’s corner, mud and pampa, your house, your sidewalk, and the big ditch, and the perfume … Continue reading
Seagreen lyrics by José María Contursi music by Carlos Di Sarli Seagreen…Seagreen… your eyes filled with silence. I lost you, Seagreen. Your yellowed hands, your colorless lips and the cold of the night upon your heart. You are missing, you aren’t here anymore, your pupils have gone out, Seagreen. I found you without a thought … Continue reading
Sadness of the Sea lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti “You love the sea more,” she said to me with sorrow as her crystalline voice broke. I remember the look of the twilight in her eyes and these words became my obsession: “You have to choose between your sea and my love.” I told her, “No,” and … Continue reading
You Will Never Return lyrics by Miguel Caló and Osmar Maderna When she said goodbye, I wanted to cry then without her love, I wanted to scream. All the dreams that my heart encompassed, all my illusions, they fell to pieces. “I will come back soon,” she said as she left. I went crazy waiting … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 