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Blue Illusion lyrics by Arquímedes Arci Haughty and conceited, like a pagan goddess you passed by me, showing your spite, and since that day I know that I have lost the ineffable glory of a dream of love. I don’t miss your kisses—those were feigned, nor do I miss your strangely sweet lips… only the … Continue reading
Like Two Strangers lyrics by José María Contursi music by Pedro Laurenz I was made a coward by loneliness and the deep fear of dying far from you. How I longed to weep when I sensed, so close at hand, reality’s mockery of me. My heart begged me to search for you and bring it … Continue reading
Remembrance lyrics by Mario Battistella music by Mario Melfi Every week feels so long when you are not close to me! I don’t know what superhuman powers give my life meaning, so far from you. Now that the light of my hope is dead, I am like a shipwreck at sea. I know that I am lost … Continue reading
The White Chapel lyrics by Hector Marcó In the white chapel of a town out in the provinces very close to a crystal clear creek, your hands drove me to prayer. Your hands that used to enflame my child’s heart, and at the feet of Christ Our Lord you gave me a drink from the … Continue reading
Drizzle lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo What a night–filled with chills and fatigue! The wind carries a strange lament, the night is like a deep well of shadows, and among the shadows I walk, so slowly… while all the while the drizzle underlines it all putting its spines through my heart… On this night, so cold … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 