| Viejo rincon de mis primeros tangos
| Old corner of my first tangos
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| Donde ella me batio que me queria;
| Where she beat me that she loved me;
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| Guarida de cien noches de fandango
| lair hundred nights of fandango
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| Que en mi memoria viven todavia…
| That in my memory still live...
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| Oh, callejon de turbios café.atas
| Oh, alley of murky coffee.atas
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| Que fueron taitas del bandoneon!
| What were taitas of the bandoneon!
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| Donde estara mi garçonnière de lata
| Where will my tin garçonnière be
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| Testigo de mi amor y su traicion?
| Witness my love and his betrayal of her?
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| Hoy vuelvo al barrio que deje
| Today I return to the neighborhood that I left
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| Y al campanearlo me da pena…
| And when I ring it, I feel sorry...
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| No tengo ya mi madrecita buena
| I no longer have my good little mother
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| Mi rancho es una ruina; | My ranch is a ruin; |
| ya todo se acabo
| everything is over
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| Porque crei — loco de mi —
| Because I believed — crazy of me —
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| Por ella di mi vida entera…
| I gave my whole life for her...
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| También mi fe se convirtio en tapera
| Also my faith became tapera
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| Y solo siento ruinas latir dentro de mi
| And I only feel ruins beat inside of me
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| De un tango el vaiven
| From a tango the swing
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| Da vida a un amor;
| Give life to a love;
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| De un tango al vaiven
| From a tango to the swing
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| Nos hacen traición
| they betray us
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| Cuando te quiebras en una sentada
| When you break in one sitting
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| Juntando tu carita con la mia
| Joining your little face with mine
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| Yo siento que en la hoguera de algun tango
| I feel that at the stake of some tango
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| Se va a quemar mi sangre el mejor dia
| It will burn my blood the best day
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| Viejo rincon de turbios café.atas
| Old corner of cloudy coffee.atas
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| Que fueron taitas del mandolion
| What were taitas of the mandolion
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| Donde estara mi garçonnière de lata
| Where will my tin garçonnière be
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| Bulin mistongo que fue mi perdicion?
| Bulin mistongo what was my downfall?
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| Del fuelle al son, suena un violin
| From the bellows to the sound, a violin sounds
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| En el tablao de una cantina
| In the tablao of a cantina
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| Y en un bulin que esta al doblar la esquina
| And in a pub that is just around the corner
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| Los taitas aprovechan el tango tentador
| The taitas take advantage of the tempting tango
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| Pa que soñar? | Why dream? |
| pa que volvi
| Why did I come back?
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| Al callejon de mis quereres
| To the alley of my loves
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| A revivir el mal de esas mujeres
| To revive the evil of those women
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| Sus risas, sus caricias, la farsa de su amor?
| His laughter, the caresses, the farce of his love for her?
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| De un tango el vaiven
| From a tango the swing
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| Da vida a un amor;
| Give life to a love;
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| De un tango al vaiven
| From a tango to the swing
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| Nos hacen traición | they betray us |