Lyrics of Aquel Tapado de Armino - Carlos Gardel

Aquel Tapado de Armino (original)

Aquel tapado de armiño,
todo forrado en lamé,
que tu cuerpito abrigaba
al salir del cabaret.
Cuando pasaste a mi lado,
prendida a aquel gigoló,
aquel tapado de armiño
¡cuánta pena me causó!
¿Te acordás?, era el momento
culminante del cariño;
me encontraba yo sin vento,
vos amabas el armiño.
Cuántas veces tiritando,
los dos junto a la vidriera,
me decías suspirando:
¡Ay, amor, si vos pudieras!
Y yo con mil sacrificios
te lo pude al fin comprar,
mangué a amigos y usureros
y estuve un mes sin fumar.
Aquel tapado de armiño
todo forrado en lamé,
que tu cuerpito abrigaba
al salir del cabaret.
Me resultó, al fin y al cabo,
más durable que tu amor:
el tapado lo estoy pagando
y tu amor ya se apagó.

(translation)

That one covered in ermine,
all lined in lamé,
that your little body sheltered
when leaving the cabaret.
When you passed me
hooked on that gigolo,
that one covered in ermine
how sorry it caused me!
Do you remember? It was the moment
climax of affection;
I found myself without wind,
you loved the ermine.
How many times shivering
the two next to the window,
you told me sighing:
Oh love, if you could!
And I with a thousand sacrifices
I was finally able to buy it from you,
I pissed off friends and usurers
and I was a month without smoking.
That one covered in ermine
all lined in lamé,
that your little body sheltered
when leaving the cabaret.
It turned out, after all,
more durable than your love:
I am paying for the covered
and your love has already faded.