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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
Goodbye, Buenos Aires lyrics by Leopoldo Torres Ríos I must depart from this much belovèd land, I must depart, though my heart begins to bleed. Like a poet, I must say before I leave: goodbye Buenos Aires, my dear friends, goodbye. Porteña nights that knew all my greatest joys today stand as mute witnesses to my pain, every corner stirs another memory … 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
Honeysuckle lyrics by Luis César Amadori Old wall of the arrabal, your shade was my companion— in my lackluster childhood, your honeysuckle was my friend. When, trembling, my first love kissed my heart with hopes, at your side, pure and happy, I sang this, my first confession: Honeysuckles in bloom, that watched my birth and … Continue reading
Curtainlyrics by Homero Manzimusic by Lucio Demare Your solitude was a fictionthat burst into my hidden cornerand your tempests swept me away. The role you played so wellwas the sentimental embodimentof an epic novel by Luis de Val.[1] You appeared, feverish and hysterical,and we came together in a miserable dream. My blue song was a beaconthat … Continue reading
Poesía de gotán: The Poetry of the Tango 