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It’s Better to Forgive lyrics by José María Contrusimusic by Pedro Laurenz I forgave her when she came backbecause I carried in my heartthe very altar where my soul had suffered.How many sorrows must have tormentedmy poor dear in her desolation! I was speechless when I saw her…I wanted to cry…and I smiled;and as she … 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
I Just Stood There Watching Her lyrics by Roberto Miró music by Vicente Spina After a terrible year of being alone we met again by accident and at once the memories of better days— when I used to sing and laugh— marched right through my mind. My lips began to babble with fear, my eyes … Continue reading
Shadows, Nothing More lyrics by José María Contursi music by Francisco Lomuto I want to slowly open my veins, to shed every drop of my blood at your feet… so I can prove to you that I could not love you more and then…so I can die. Yet still your blue eyes– as blue as … Continue reading
Too Late lyrics by Agustín Horacio Delamónica music by Francisco Troppoli It’s all the same, nothing has changed: the same patio, the same sun, the same ivy, which like my hope kept growing in my absence staying green as ever… It’s just me who’s come back changed, carrying all my life’s suffering. I feel the stab of … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 