AL COMPAS DE UN TANGO

To the beat of the tango (1942)

LYRICS by: Oscar Rubens

MUSIC by: Alberto Suárez Villanueva

TRANSLATION by: Alberto Paz

Last updated on: 10/9/11

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CASTELLANO

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Dejate de locuras, muchacho, pensa bien lo que haces. Me han dicho que te han visto borracho llorando una mujer… ¡ Como el dolor te ha cambiado! que ya no sos el de ayer. Volve pa’ la milonga, que un fueye rezonga como llamandote. Al compas de un tango la habras de olvidar con una pebeta que sepa bailar, una piba buena, que al mirar tus ojos, comprenda la pena de tu corazon. Al compas de un tango habras de encontrar a esa mujercita sincera y leal, y veras que un dia, lleno de alegria a la que lloraste ni recordaras. Dejate de locuras, muchacho, tenes que reaccionar El hombre debe ser de quebracho pa’ resistir el mal. Si esa mujer te ha hecho daño perderla ha sido mejor. Volve pa’ la milonga, que un fueye rezonga, pa’ darte mas valor.

Stop the madness, guy, think well what you do. They told me that they’ve seen you drunk crying for a woman… How the pain has changed you! that you’re no longer the one of yore. Come back to the dance hall, that a bellow is grumbling as if it was calling you… To the beat of a tango you’ll forget her with a lass that knows how to dance, with a good girl, who when watching your eyes, understands the pain of your heart. To the beat of a tango you’ll find that sincere and loyal woman, and you’ll see that a day, full of joy the one you cried for, you won’t remember. Stop the madness, guy, you have to react. The man must be strong to resist what is bad. If that woman has harmed you losing her it is for the better. Come back to the dance hall, that a bellow is grumbling, to give you more courage.

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CUANDO UN VIEJO SE  ENAMORA

When an old man falls in love (1943)

LYRICS by: Manuel Romero

MUSIC by: Rodolfo Sciamarella

TRANSLATION by: Alberto Paz

Last updated on: 4/27/11

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Sing along with Lucio Demare’s version

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CASTELLANO

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Cuando un viejo se enamora anda el pobre en un revuelo, con betún para el bigote y tinturitas pa’l pelo. Cuando un viejo se enamora anda todo alborotado y pa’ que ella no se avive, ni lo tome por un pibe, hasta duerme encorsetao. De regreso de la cita de una tarde venturosa, a ponerse en la camita, a tomar las pildoritas y aplicarse las ventosas. ¡A la brisa no lo expongas…! Porque se siente engripao y si baila alguna conga, o un foxtrot o una milonga queda todo desarmado… Cuando un viejo se enamora pierde toda su carpeta y hay que ver los papelones que hace ver a su pebeta. Frente a aquella que lo hechiza le palpita el corazón y ni larga una sonrisa por temor que la postiza se le piante del buzón. ¡A la brisa no lo expongas…! Porque se siente engripao y si baila alguna conga, o un foxtrot o una milonga queda todo desarmado…

When an old man falls in love the poor one is in an uproar, with polish for the mustache and color dyes for the hair. When an old man falls in love he acts very agitated, and so she will not wise up, and mistake him for a boy, he sleeps wearing a corset. Back from the date of an adventurous afternoon, get in the bed, take the little pills and apply suction therapy. Don’t expose him to the draft…! Because he gets the flu and if he dances a conga, or a foxtrot or a milonga he ends up all dismantled… When an old man falls in love he loses all his marbles and what about all the embarrassment that he makes his girl friend see. Facing the one who bewitches him his heart palpitates and he avoids having a smile for fear that his dentures fly off his mouth. Don’t expose him to the draft…! Because he gets the flu and if he dances a conga, or a foxtrot or a milonga he ends up all dismantled…