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MAQUILLAJE

Make-up (1956)
Music by: Homero and Virgilio Exposito
Lyrics by: Homero Exposito
Translated by: Alberto Paz
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"Because that blue sky we all see, i's neither sky nor blue. What a great pity that so much beauty not be true" Lupercio de Argensola (1559-1613)


Version en castellano English translation
No...
ni es cielo ni es azul,
ni es cierto tu candor,
ni al fin tu juventud.
Tu compras el carmin
y el pote de rubor
que tiembla en tus mejillas,
y ojeras con verdin
para llenar de amor
tu mascara de arcilla.

Tu,
que timida y fatal
te arreglas el dolor
después de sollozar,
sabras como te ame,
un día al despertar
sin fe ni maquillaje...
- Ya lista para el viaje
que desciende hasta el color final -

Mentiras...
que son mentiras tu virtud,
tu amor y tu bondad
y al fin tu juventud.
Mentiras...
te maquillaste el corazón!
Mentiras sin piedad...
Que lastima de amor!
No...
it's neither sky nor it's blue,
nor it's certain your candor,
nor your youth after all.
You buy the carmine
and the jar of color
that trembles in your cheeks,
and bags under your eyes with eyeshadow
to fill with love
your mask of clay.

You,
that timid and fatal
fix up the pain
after sobbing,
will know how loved you,
one day when waking up
without faith nor make-up...
- All set for the trip
that descends until the final color -

Lies...
That are lies your virtue,
your love and your goodness
and at the end your youth.
Lies...
you made-up the heart!
Lies without mercy...
What a pity for love!


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