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Neighborhood Romance* lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Aníbal Troilo First, a far-off April date— your dark balcony, your old-fashioned garden. Later on the feverish pulse of your letters— lying with “no,” vowing that “yes…” A neighborhood romance, your love and my love, first came desire, then came sorrow— for faults that were never ours, for … Continue reading
Nothing More lyrics by Luis Rubistein There will be so much snow in my life without your fiery gaze! And my poor lost soul, bleeding from this wound, will lay down and die. And on the cross of my yearning, I will fill my soul with mist— even the blue of the heavens shall die … Continue reading
Few Words lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo music by Ricardo Tanturi I won’t even try to brush away all the ashes from yesterday, from that unforgettable yesterday— I just want to make you see that even if you don’t believe some loves just can’t be erased. After so long I’ve found you again and I feel … Continue reading
Landscape lyrics by Homero Manzi music by Sebastián Piana I bought you one afternoon, distant landscape, with your golden frame and your autumnal theme. I hung you on the wall across from her portrait, across from her portrait that’s no longer there. Perhaps that’s why I was upset just now by your muted tone, your shadow, … Continue reading
The Farewell lyrics by Virgilio San Clemente music by Maruja (María Esther) Pacheco Huergo In vain my soul in a hushed voice spilled its pain out into the night… only a deep, profound silence wept in my heart. On an afternoon that was dying in shadows, we bid each other a good-natured farewell; you didn’t … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 