| Él vino en un barco, de nombre extranjero
| He came in a ship, foreign name
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| Lo encontré el puerto un anochecer
| I found it in the port one evening
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| Cuando el blanco faro sobre los veleros
| When the white beacon over the sailboats
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| Su beso de plata dejaba caer
| His silver kiss he dropped
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| Era hermoso y rubio como la cerveza
| He was beautiful and blond as beer
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| El pecho tatuado con un corazón
| The chest tattooed with a heart
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| En su voz amarga, había la tristeza
| In his bitter voice, there was sadness
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| Doliente y cansada del bandoneón
| Suffering and tired of the bandoneon
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| Y ante dos copas de aguardiente
| And before two glasses of brandy
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| Sobre el manchado mostrador
| Upon the stained counter
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| Él fue contándome entre dientes
| He was telling me between his teeth
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| La vieja historia de su amor
| The old story of their love
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| Mira mi brazo tatuado
| look at my tattooed arm
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| Con este nombre de mujer
| With this female name
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| Es el recuerdo de un pasado
| It is the memory of a past
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| Que nunca más ha de volver
| That never has to come back
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| Ella me quiso y me ha olvidado
| She loved me and she has forgotten me
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| En cambio, yo, no la olvidé
| On the other hand, I did not forget her
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| Y para siempre voy marcado
| And forever I am marked
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| Con este nombre de mujer
| With this female name
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| Él se fue una tarde, con rumbo ignorado
| He left one afternoon, with an unknown course
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| En el mismo barco que la conoció
| On the same boat that he met her
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| Pero entre sus labios, se dejó olvidado
| But between her lips, he left himself forgotten
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| El beso de amante, que la enveneno
| The lover's kiss, that poisoned her
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| Errante lo busca por todos los puertos
| Wanderer searches for him in all ports
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| A los marineros pregunta por él
| Ask the sailors for him
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| Y nadie le dice, si esta vivo o muerto
| And no one tells him if he is dead or alive
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| Y sigue en su duda buscándolo fiel
| And he continues in his doubt of him looking for him faithful
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| Y va sangrando lentamente
| And he's slowly bleeding
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| De mostrador en mostrador
| From counter to counter
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| Ante una copa de aguardiente
| With a glass of brandy
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| Donde se ahoga su dolor | where his pain drowns |
| Mira su nombre tatuado
| Look at his name tattooed
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| En la caricia de mi piel
| In the caress of my skin
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| A fuego lento lo he marcado
| On slow fire I have marked it
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| Y para siempre iré con él
| And forever I will go with him
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| Quizá ya tú, me has olvidado
| Maybe you already have forgotten me
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| En cambio, yo, no té olvidé
| Instead, I did not forget you
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| Y hasta que no te haya encontrado
| And until I have found you
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| Sin descansar te buscare | I will look for you without rest |