LUNES |
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Monday (1927) | |
LYRICS by: Francisco Garcia Jimenez |
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MUSIC by: Jose Luis Padula |
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TRANSLATION by: Alberto Paz | |
Last updated on: 2/1/11 | |
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Un catedrático escarba su bolsillo
pa’ ver si un níquel le alcanza pa’ un completo… Ayer -¡qué dulce!-, la fija del potrillo; hoy -¡qué vinagre!-, rompiendo los boletos… El almanaque nos bate que es lunes, que se ha acabado la vida bacana, que viene al humo una nueva semana con su mistongo programa escorchador.Rumbeando pa’l taller va Josefina, que en la milonga, ayer, la iba de fina. La reina del salón ayer se oyó llamar… Del trono se bajó pa’ir a trabajar… El lungo Pantaleón ata la chata de traje fulerón y en alpargata. Ayer en el Paddock jugaba diez y diez… Hoy va a cargar carbón al Dique 3.Piantó el domingo del placer, bailongo, póker y champán. Hasta el más seco pudo ser por diez minutos un bacán. El triste lunes se asomó, mi sueño al diablo fue a parar, la redoblona se cortó y pa’l laburo hay que rumbear. Pero, ¿qué importa que en este monte criollo |
An expert in predicting the outcome of horse races digs in his pocket
to see if a nickel is enough to get some breakfast. Yesterday – how sweet! – The bet on a colt; today – how sour! – tearing off the tickets … The calendar tells us it is Monday, that the good life is over, that a new week is blowing in with its poor annoying plan.Heading for the shop goes Josefina, who in the milonga, yesterday pretended to be fine. The queen of the dance hall she heard being called yesterday She stepped down the throne to go to work … Long tall Pantaleon prepares the truck dressed sloppily and wearing sandals. Yesterday in the Paddock he bet ten and ten … Today he’s going to load coal at dock 3.The Sunday of pleasure is gone dance hall, poker and champagne. Even the poorest guy was a well to do for ten minutes. The blue Monday showed up, my dream went to hell, the double bet failed and we must head for work. But what matters that in this card game |
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