Lyrics of Alguien le dice al tango - Binelli/Jairo/Cruz

Alguien le dice al tango (original)

Tango que he visto bailar.
contra un ocaso amarillo
por quienes eran capaces
de otro baile, el del cuchillo.
Tango de aquel Maldonado
con menos agua que barro,
tango silbado al pasar
desde el pescante del carro.
Despreocupado y zafado,
siempre mirabas de frente.
Tango que fuiste la dicha
de ser hombre y ser valiente.
Tango que fuiste feliz,
como yo también lo he sido,
según me cuenta el recuerdo;
el recuerdo fue el olvido.
Desde ese ayer, cuántas cosas
a los dos nos han pasado!
Las partidas y el pesar
de amar y no ser amado.
Yo habré muerto y seguirás
orillando nuestra vida.
Buenos Aires no te olvida,
tango que fuiste y serás.

(translation)

Tango that I have seen dance.
against a yellow sunset
for those who were able
of another dance, that of the knife.
Tango of that Maldonado
with less water than mud,
whistled tango when passing
from the car's jib.
Carefree and loose,
you always looked straight ahead.
Tango that you were happiness
to be a man and to be brave.
Tango that you were happy,
as I have also been,
as my memory tells me;
memory was oblivion.
Since that yesterday, how many things
they have happened to both of us!
The games and the sorrow
to love and not be loved.
I will have died and you will continue
bordering our lives.
Buenos Aires does not forget you,
Tango that you were and will be.