MILONGA SENTIMENTAL
Music by Sebastián Piana I
Milonga pa recordarte.
Estribillo
Varón, pa quererte mucho,
II
Es facil pegar un tajo
III
Milonga que hizo tu ausencia.
I
A sentimental milonga,
Refrain
A man, one who really loves you,
II
Its easy to get your vengeance
III
Milonga to bring back old memries,
Lyrics by Homero Manzi.
Translation by Coby Lubliner
Milonga sentimental.
Otros se quejan llorando
yo canto pa no llorar.
Tu amor se secó de golpe
nunca dijiste por qué.
Yo me consuelo pensando
que fue traición de mujer.
varón, pa desearte el bien,
varón, pa olvidar agravios
porque ya te perdoné.
Tal vez no lo sepas nunca,
tal vez no lo puedas creer,
tal vez te provoque risa
¡verme tirao a tus pies!
pa cobrar una traición
o jugar en una daga
la suerte de una pasión.
Pero no es fácil cortarse
los tientos de un metejón
cuando están bien amarrados
al palo del corazón.
Milonga de evocación.
Milonga para que nunca
la canten en tu balcón.
Pa que vuelvas con la noche
y te vayas con el sol.
Pa decirte que sí, a veces,
o pa gritarte que no.
Just to remember you by.
Others complain by crying;
I sing so that I dont cry.
Your love dried up for some reason,
You never told me the tale.
I comfort myself by thinking
It was a womans betrayal.
A man, yes I am the one.
A man, wholl forget you wronged me;
I forgive you what youve done.
Perhaps you will never know it,
Perhaps you will not believe,
Perhaps youll be laughing when you
See me lying at your feet.
With the sharp blade of a knife,
Or, on a passing fancy,
To gamble on your life.
But when its loving that holds you
Its hard to cut apart
The tentacles that so tightly
Are tied around your heart.
A song that your absence made.
Youll never hear this milonga
Sung as a serenade.
You will come back in the nighttime
And with the sun youll go.
Sometimes a "yes" Ill whisper
Or else Ill shout a "no."
Translation © 2000 by Jacob Lubliner
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