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We Were… lyrics by Homero Manzi music by José Dames I was like a rain of ashes and afflictions in the calmest hours of your life… a drop of vinegar spilled, fatefully spilled, into all of your wounds. Because of me you became a summer swallow in the snow, a wilted rose under rainless clouds. … Continue reading
Close to Your Heart lyrics by José María Contursi music by Enrique Francini & Héctor Stamponi What a horrible night I’ve had! Everything in my room is cold. I owe it all to you, my love: despair and weariness. I gave my whole life up to you and this affection of mine— a wounded bird that … Continue reading
A Pang lyrics by Arturo Luis Albert In my soul I feel a sadness that may no longer have any cure— the bloody bite wound of my first love. And there’s longing for those eyes filled with a bewitching sweetness whose gaze I imagined was mine for one dream-filled moment. Friends, leave me alone— so … Continue reading
My Sorrow lyrics by Manuel Meaños I return from far-off lands where I went to search for a way to forget my sorrow, comfort for a soul that suffered, believing in the deceits and promises of love. Off to oblivion, that balm that eases suffering, I left, bitterly carrying my cruel memories of the good … Continue reading
“I have rewritten—often several times—every word I have ever written. My pencils outlast their erasers.” Vladimir Nabokov “This morning I took out a comma, and this afternoon I put it back again.” Oscar Wilde A few weeks ago I received a very courteous email from Al Daigen, a professional translator in Canada. He respectfully pointed … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 