Lyrics of El Cardo Azul - Carlos Gardel

El Cardo Azul (original)

En mi cuidado jardn
Esbelto, altivo y gallardo,
Floreci un silvestre cardo,
Con sus penachos de tul;
Y el roco con su manto
Que de perlas pareca,
Al amanecer cubra
Las hebras del cardo azul.
Pero el beso de la aurora
Que el sol radiante le enviaba,
Con sus besos desfloraba
Aquel manto de arrebol;
En finsimas lloviznas
Caan las perlas al suelo,
Y tan azul como el cielo,
Quedaba otra vez la flor.
Ya no muestras a la aurora
El jopel de tu hermosura,
Ya no encanta la frescura
De tus penachos de tul;
Y al mirarte marchitado
Sin candor y sin esencia,
Ya no halagas mi existencia
Pobrecito cardo azul.

(translation)

In my careful garden
Slender, proud and gallant,
A wild thistle blossomed,
With its plumes of tulle;
And the rock with its cloak
What pearls it seemed,
at dawn cover
The threads of the blue thistle.
But the kiss of the dawn
That the radiant sun sent him,
With her kisses he deflowered
That mantle of red;
In fine drizzles
The pearls fell to the ground,
And as blue as the sky,
The flower remained again.
You no longer show the dawn
The jopel of your beauty,
no longer love freshness
Of your plumes of tulle;
And looking at you withered
Without candor and without essence,
You no longer flatter my existence
Poor little blue thistle.