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This is not a tango…but it is an homage to one of my favorite writers of all time, an Argentine, on what would be his 112th birthday. This poem was originally translated into English as In Praise of Darkness by Norman Thomas di Giovanni. This translation, as always, is mine. Ode to the Shadows by … Continue reading
August 24th lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Pedro Laurenz August 24th— it’s been one whole year. Not one night missed at my preferred café, and after, out with all my favorite guys to dance, to drink, to while the time away… I haven’t touched my tools for one whole year, I call my mother … Continue reading
Winter lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo It has returned: winter, with its white veil— the frost has already begun to sparkle in my loveless life. Profound agony that makes me understand that it is terrible to find yourself alone. And when I see how the cold winds of desolation gust through my heart I want to … Continue reading
Flood lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Hugo Gutiérrez Your anxiety sobs, as my loneliness too wished to sob, like a coward. The anguish of playing around and suddenly, against my will, losing my heart in the flood. Our yesterdays cry out, they cry out in the tone of neglect that sorrowfully recalls the night we said goodbye, … Continue reading
Only Her lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Lucio Demare She arrived one afternoon and she was sad, phantom of silence and song, she came from a world that doesn’t exist her heart empty of hopes. She was an aimless cloud with no destiny, she was as tender as a farewell. My steps followed her … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 