| Que el Gotán no le gusta, che?
| That the Gotan doesn't like it, che?
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| Siento mucho, peor pa' usted.
| I'm very sorry, worse for you.
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| Ya lo batió don Campoamor:
| Mr. Campoamor already beat him:
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| «Todo es según el cristal…»
| "Everything is according to the glass..."
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| Tango nuestro como el laurel
| Our tango like the laurel
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| que supiéramos conseguir,
| that we knew how to achieve,
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| pucha qué bien! | wow so good! |
| qué lindo es
| how nice it is
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| esto que aquí siento yo.
| this that I feel here.
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| Viva el Tango, viva el Tango!
| Long live Tango, long live Tango!
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| mezcla brava de pasión y pensamiento,
| brave mixture of passion and thought,
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| viva el tango, que se toca
| Long live tango, which is played
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| con pudor de carcajada en un entierro.
| with modesty of laughter at a funeral.
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| Viva el Tango, que es un fresco
| Long live Tango, which is a cool
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| de madonas, casanovas y cornelios,
| of madonnas, casanovas and cornelios,
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| comedia humana que a lo malo y a lo bueno,
| human comedy that to the bad and to the good,
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| que a lo lindo y a lo feo
| that to the cute and to the ugly
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| lo escrachó del natural.
| he scratched it from nature.
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| Ves que va la eternidad
| You see that eternity goes
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| al frasear de un tanguito sensual?
| when phrasing from a sensual tanguito?
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| taria ta tara ta
| tara tara ta
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| taria ta tara ta,
| taria ta tara ta,
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| Música clásica de hoy.
| Classical music today.
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| Con la media luz ritual
| With the ritual half light
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| y las sillas del bar dadas vuelta,
| and the bar chairs turned upside down,
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| en dos por cuatro beber
| in two by four drink
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| lerdamente y salir
| slowly and get out
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| fatigando veredas.
| tiring sidewalks.
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| Dos, que al desaparecer
| Two, that when it disappears
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| por el amanecer
| by sunrise
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| hacen tangos de amor.
| they make tangos of love.
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| Que el Gotán no le gusta, che?
| That the Gotan doesn't like it, che?
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| que es llorón y es de ayer y qué?
| who is crybaby and is from yesterday and what?
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| hay que saber si el que penó
| you have to know if the one who suffered
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| no es el que ríe después.
| he is not the one who laughs afterwards.
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| Ni un Gotán supo el sabio aquel
| Not one Gotan knew that wise man
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| que de tanto saber murió
| that from knowing so much he died
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| y pal cajón fue sin saber
| and pal drawer was without knowing
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| que su mujer no lo amó.
| that his wife did not love him.
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| Viva el Tango, viva el Tango!
| Long live Tango, long live Tango!
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| con su ritmo de trompadas contra el viento,
| with its rhythm of blows against the wind,
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| viva el Tango que se baila
| Long live the Tango that is danced
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| con el sexo en un poético suspenso.
| with sex in poetic suspense.
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| Viva el Tango, que es compinche
| Long live Tango, which is a buddy
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| para cada soledad y cada encuentro,
| for each loneliness and each encounter,
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| viva el tango, todo el Tango,
| Long live the tango, all the Tango,
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| Dios bendiga cada día el Tango nuestro.
| God bless our Tango every day.
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| Sur, Qué noche, Percal, La Yumba,
| South, What a night, Percal, La Yumba,
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| Silbando, Adiós Nonino, El choclo,
| Whistling, Goodbye Nonino, El corn,
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| Divina, El Marne, Uno, El andariego,
| Divine, The Marne, One, The Wanderer,
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| Milonguita, Vida mía, A fuego lento,
| Milonguita, My life, A slow fire,
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| El motivo, Bahía Blanca, La bordona,
| The reason, Bahía Blanca, La Bordona,
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| Flores negras, Che papusa, La Tablada,
| Black flowers, Che papusa, La Tablada,
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| Mala junta, Suerte loca, La mariposa,
| Bad board, Crazy luck, The butterfly,
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| Volver.
| Return.
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| Por todo el Tango
| For all the Tango
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| va este brindis de mi alma
| goes this toast of my soul
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| y con el Río de la Plata
| and with the River Plate
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| me emborracho de emoción.
| I get drunk with emotion.
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| Y viva el Tango
| And long live Tango
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| y este amor con que lo canto,
| and this love with which I sing it,
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| porque yo, yo soy el Tango,
| because I, I am the Tango,
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| viva el Tango, y viva yo! | long live Tango, and long live me! |