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Let’s Chat lyrics by Luis Rubinstein Retiro 60-11?* May I please speak to Renée? She doesn’t live there? Wait, don’t hang up— could I just talk with you, miss? Don’t hang up…this afternoon is so dreary, and I feel so sentimental. I already know that there is no René… Let’s chat…you’ll do as well… Chatting … Continue reading
Every Time You Remember Me lyrics by José María Contursi music by Mariano Mores Like a grey ghost, weariness descended upon your heart, while it was still mine, and little by little it enshrouded you and little by little you distanced yourself… Though your love was great when you arrived, greater still was the sorrow … Continue reading
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
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
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 