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Disenchantment [1] lyrics by Cátulo Castillomusic by Aníbal Troilo You’re disoriented and you don’t knowwhich trolley to take to go on. And in this disenchantment with faithyou want to cross the sea and you can’t. The spider you saved has bitten you—What can you do?The man you helped has done you wrong—okay, no more!And all the shouting … Continue reading
A Tango and Nothing More lyrics by Carlos Waissmusic by Armando Lacava/Juan Pomati One more tango, a sparrow from the old neighborhood,arrives, grinding out its cruel disappointment.The memories of my life are swirling around,my grey life that no longer has a song.Where could they be, those who were my companions,my first love in a pale … Continue reading
Daybreaklyrics by Cátulo Castillomusic by Ángel Maffia The night revolves around the timetableof the sad, sleep-deprivedbell tower clock.The pain of a streetcar rolls ondressed in lonelyblue melancholy…And a phantom mistenvelops the cafewith its delicate gloom.The night weeps in its agony…What am I seeking? Where am I going?I don’t know…I don’t know… Could it be the … Continue reading
Abandonment (1937) lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Pedro Maffia The wind of memory arrives at the corner of my abandonment and amidst yesterday’s dead dust your love has also returned. I don’t know if you lead a happy life or if the world has defeated you and living with no desire to live you … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 