Lyrics of Arrabal Amargo - Orquesta Terig Tucci, Carlos Gardel

Arrabal Amargo (original)

Arrabal amargo metido en mi vida
Como la condena de una maldicin
Tus sombras torturan mis horas de sueo
Tu noche se encierra en mi corazn
Con ella a mi lado no vi tus tristezas
Tu barro y miserias, ella era mi luz
Y ahora vencido arrastro mi alma
Clavado a tus calles igual que a una cruz
Rinconcito arrabalero
Con el toldo de estrellas
De tu patio te quiero
Todo, todo se ilumina
Cuando ella vuelve a verte
Y mis viejas madreselvas
Estn en flor para quererte
Como una nube que pasa
Mis ensueos se van, se van, no vuelven mas
No digas a nadie que ya no me quieres
Si a mi me preguntan dir que vendrs
Y as cuando vuelvas mi alma te juro
Los ojos extraos no se asombraran
Veras como todos esperaban ansiosos
Mi blanca casita y el viejo rosal
Y como de nuevo alivia sus penas
Vestido de fiesta mi lindo arrabal
Rinconcito arrabalero…

(translation)

Bitter suburb stuck in my life
Like the conviction of a curse
Your shadows torture my sleeping hours
Your night is locked in my heart
With her by my side I didn't see your sadness
Your mud and miseries, she was my light
And now, defeated, I drag my soul
Nailed to your streets just like a cross
suburban corner
With the canopy of stars
I love you from your patio
Everything, everything lights up
when she sees you again
And my old honeysuckles
They are in bloom to love you
like a passing cloud
My dreams go away, they go away, they don't come back anymore
Don't tell anyone that you don't love me anymore
If they ask me, I will say that you will come
And so when you return my soul I swear
Strange eyes will not be astonished
You will see how everyone waited anxiously
My little white house and the old rosebush
And as she once again eases her sorrows
Party dress my pretty suburb
Little suburban corner…