| Ya ves, el día no amanece
| You see, the day does not dawn
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| Polaco Goyeneche
| Polish Goyeneche
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| Cantate un tango más
| Sing one more tango
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| Ya ves, la noche se hace larga
| You see, the night is long
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| Tu vida tiene un karma
| Your life has a karma
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| Cantar, siempre cantar
| Sing, always sing
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| Tu voz, que al tango lo emociona
| Your voice, which excites tango
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| Diciendo el punto y coma que nadie le cantó
| Saying the semicolon that no one sang to him
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| Tu voz, con duendes y fantasmas
| Your voice, with goblins and ghosts
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| Respira con el asma de un viejo bandoneón
| Breathe with the asthma of an old bandoneon
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| Canta garganta con arena
| Sing throat with sand
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| Tu voz tiene la pena que Malena no cantó
| Your voice is sorry that Malena did not sing
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| Canta que Juárez te condena
| Sing that Juarez condemns you
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| Al lastimar tu pena con su blanco bandoneón
| When hurting your sorrow with his white bandoneon
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| Canta, la gente está aplaudiendo
| Sing, people are clapping
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| Y aunque te estés muriendo no conoce tu dolor
| And even if you're dying, he doesn't know your pain
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| Canta, que Trolio desde el cielo
| Sing, that Trolio from the sky
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| Debajo de tu almohada un verso te dejó
| Under your pillow a verse left you
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| Cantor de un tango algo insolente
| Singer of a somewhat insolent tango
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| Hiciste que la gente le duela tu dolor
| You made people hurt your pain
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| Cantor, de un tango equilibrista
| Singer, of a tightrope walker tango
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| Más que cantor artista con vicios de cantor
| More than an artist singer with the vices of a singer
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| Ya vez a mi y a Buenos Aires
| Now to me and to Buenos Aires
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| Nos falta siempre el aire cuando no está tu voz
| We are always short of breath when your voice is not there
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| Tu voz, que un día me enseñaste
| Your voice, that one day you taught me
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| El día que cantaste conmigo una canción | The day you sang a song with me |