Tango Lyrics in Spanish and
English
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CUALQUIER COSA
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Cheap thing (1928)
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Lyrics by: Juan Miguel Velich |
Music by: Herminia Adela Velich |
Translated by: Laureano Fernandez/Mike Strand | Return to Table of Contents |
Last update on: 5/14/08 | |
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CARLOS GARDEL |
Herminia Velich, the
daughter of Juan Velich, was part of the 1920's female singer movement.
She sang with his father since an early age, and in the mid 1920s her
voice could be heard on the radio and on stages around the city. The
word "esplin" on the fourth line is a phonetically imported word from
the English "spleen," as in melancholy, boredom of life. |
CASTELLANO | ENGLISH |
Cualquier cosa resultaste
Para que un hombre derecho Tu maldad tomara a pecho Entregándose al esplin Con tu acción me comprobaste Lo que de ti suponía, Que tu amor me sonreía Para lograr otro fin. Loca mía, Alma cruel y atravesada, Por tu artera puñalada Toda mi dicha perdí. Quién diría Que tu pensamiento terco Te volviera flor de cerco Y no encanto para mí. Tus divinos ojos verdes, Mezcla de mar y de cielo, Han dejado un desconsuelo Que amargó a mi corazón. Ruegue Dios que no te acuerdes De volver ya que te fuiste Porque el daño que me hiciste No merece mi perdón. Loca mía, Alma cruel y atravesada, Por tu artera puñalada Toda mi dicha perdí. Quién diría Que tu pensamiento terco Te volviera flor de cerco Y no encanto para mí. |
You turned out to be a cheap thing
So that an honest man Would take your evil to heart, Surrendering himself to spleen. Your behavior proved to me What I guessed about you, That you smiled at me with the face of love To reach a different goal. My crazy one, Cruel, capricious soul, Because of your cheating stab I lost all my happiness. Who could have imagined That your stubborn thoughts Would change you into a weed, Nothing of charm for me! Your divine green eyes, A blend of sea and sky, Have brought me a sorrow That made my heart bitter. I pray to God you forget About coming back, now that you left me, Because the harm you brought to me Does not deserve that I forgive you. My crazy one, Cruel, capricious soul, Because of your cheating stab I lost all my happiness. Who could have imagined That your stubborn thoughts Would change you into a weed, Nothing of charm for me! |
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