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Those of you who are frequent visitors to my blog will note that I do not editorialize. I try to keep my comments to a minimum, sometimes inserting footnotes to the lyrics where a literal translation would break the flow of the poetry, or drawing attention to discrepancies between different versions of a song. But … Continue reading
To Other Fields lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Rodolfo Biagi I already know that you’ve forgotten me, I already know that you’ve gone far away. I already know that all my advice won’t be able to straighten you out. I already know that my only destiny is to open all the pens and gallop … Continue reading
This Moonlit Night lyrics by Hector Marcó Come close to me and you will hear my heart content to beat like an enchanted clock. The blue of this evening awakens such dreams and the sky has just set alight the best beacon of all. If I give you a kiss, it need not be a … Continue reading
Goodbye, Buenos Aires lyrics by Leopoldo Torres Ríos I must depart from this much belovèd land, I must depart, though my heart begins to bleed. Like a poet, I must say before I leave: goodbye Buenos Aires, my dear friends, goodbye. Porteña nights that knew all my greatest joys today stand as mute witnesses to my pain, every corner stirs another memory … Continue reading
Searching for You lyrics by Eduardo Scalise Wandering… exhausted by my endless ambling, the bitter sadness of being alone, tremendously eager to arrive. Perhaps you know… that I have gone through life searching for you, that I broke my dreams without meaning to, that I left them behind at some crossroads. I hurried my stride, in … Continue reading
