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
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
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
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
Come On lyrics by Rodolfo Sciammarella From the depths of my tears and pains, I ask God to listen to my appeal and my lamentation, to ease the suffering that exists in my life, and to grant me love’s resignation. With this sentiment that has become a passion my poor heart is trying to ignore that … Continue reading