| Anclao en París
| Anchored in Paris
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| Tirao por la vida de errante bohemio,
| Tirao for the life of bohemian wanderer,
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| estoy, Buenos Aires, anclao en París,
| I am, Buenos Aires, anchored in Paris,
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| Curtido de males, bandeado de apremios,
| Hardened by evils, banded by constraints,
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| te evoco desde este lejano país.
| I evoke you from this distant country.
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| Contemplo la nieve que cae blandamente
| I watch the softly falling snow
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| desde mi ventana que da al bulevar.
| from my window that overlooks the boulevard.
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| Las luces rojizas, con tonos murientes,
| The reddish lights, with dying tones,
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| parecen pupilas de extraño mirar.
| they look like strange looking pupils.
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| Lejano Buenos Aires,
| distant Buenos Aires,
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| qué lindo que has de estar!!!
| how cute you must be!!!
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| Ya van para diez años
| It's already been ten years
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| que me viste zarpar.
| you saw me set sail
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| Aquí, en este Montmartre,
| Here, in this Montmartre,
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| faubourg sentimental,
| sentimental faubourg,
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| Yo siento que el recuerdo
| I feel that the memory
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| me clava su puñal…
| he sticks his dagger in me...
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| Como habrá cambiado tu calle Corrientes,
| How your Corrientes street will have changed,
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| Suipacha, Esmeralda, tu mismo arrabal!!!
| Suipacha, Esmeralda, your own suburb!!!
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| Alguien me ha contado que está floreciente
| Someone has told me that it is flourishing
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| y un juego de calles se da en diagonal…
| and a set of fairways occurs diagonally…
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| No sabés las ganas que tengo de verte!
| You don't know how much I want to see you!
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| Aqui estoy parado, sin plata y sin fe…
| Here I am standing, without money and without faith...
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| Quién sabe una noche me encane la Muerte
| Who knows one night I fell in love with Death
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| y chau, Buenos Aires, no te vuelvo a ver!!! | and bye, Buenos Aires, I will never see you again!!! |