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SUS OJOS SE CERRARON

Her eyes closed (1935)
Music by: Carlos Gardel
Lyrics by: Alfredo Lepera
Translated by: Patricia Dubrava
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Last update on: 8/6/07

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This song belongs to John Reinhardt's film "El día que me quieras" starring Carlos Gardel. The script was written by Alfredo Lepera. Original translation edited by Alberto Paz


Version en castellano English translation
Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando,
su boca que era mia ya no me besa mas.
Se apagaron los ecos de su reir sonoro
y es cruel este silencio que me hace tanto mal...

Fue mia la piadosa dulzura de sus manos,
que dieron a mis penas caricias de bondad,
y ahora que la evoco hundido en mi quebranto,
las lagrimas trenzadas se niegan a brotar,
y no tengo el consuelo de poder llorar...

En vano yo alentaba febril una esperanza
clavo en mi carne viva sus garras el dolor,
y mientras en la calle en loca algarabia
el carnaval del mundo gozaba y se reia
burlandose el destino me robo su amor...

Por que sus alas tan cruel quemo la vida!
por que esa mueca siniestra de la suerte...
Quise abrigarla y más pudo la muerte,
como me duele y se ahonda mi herida.

Yo se que ahora vendran caras extrañas
con su limosna de alivio a mi tormento
todo es mentira, mentira es el lamento...
Hoy esta solo mi corazón!

Como perros de presa las penas traicioneras
celando su cariño galopaban detras,
y escondida en las aguas de su mirada buena
la muerte agazapada marcaba su compas.
She closed her eyes and the world kept going
Her lips that were mine no longer kiss me
The echoes of her rich laughter have faded
And this cruel silence hurts me so

Mine was the gentle mercy of her hands
That soothed my sorrows with kind caresses
And now buried in my grief when I remember her
The entwined tears refuse to flow
And I don't have the consolation of being able to cry

In vain I nourished a feverish hope
Suffering dug its claws into my living flesh
While in the streets the carnival of life
Flourished and laughed in crazy riot
Mocking the fate that stole her love from me

Why did its cruel wings snuff out her life
Why this sinister grimace of fate?
I wanted to protect her but death was stronger
How much I hurt and how deep is my wound

I know that now strange faces will come
With their charity of comfort for my torment
Everything is a lie, a lie their lament
Today my heart is alone

Like dogs of prey the traitorous troubles
Hanging over her galloped at her heels
And hidden in the liquid of her sweet glance
Crouching death marked her life's end


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