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| Adios arrabal (1930) | Goodbye, old slum | |
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Music: Juan Bauer Lyrics: Carlos Lenzi Rec. by Angel D'Agostino with Angel Vargas |
Tr. Jake Spatz Recited 18 Nov. 2006, Eastern Market |
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Mañanita arrabalera sin taitas por las veredas ni pibas en el balcón. Tus faroles apagados y los guapos retobados en tu viejo callejón. |
Early morning in the slums, without a bully on the streets, and no more girls on the balcony... And your streetlights now extinguished, and the tough guys kicking pebbles down your alleyways of old... |
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Yo te canto envenenao engrupido y amargao hoy me separo de vos. Adiós arrabal porteño yo fui tu esclavo y tu dueño y te doy mi último adiós. |
I sing to you with spirit soured, all conceited and embittered as I'm leaving you behind... Goodbye, old slum of the harbor, I was your slave and your master and I bid you my last goodbye. |
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Madrecita, yo fui un reo y en tus brazos hoy me veo lleno de felicidad. Dime mi buena viejita dónde está mi noviecita que no la puedo olvidar. |
I been a deadbeat, momma, and now I see myself in your arms full of happiness again. Dear momma, say where I'll find that little sweetheart of mine I can't forget from way back when. |
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Hoy ya vuelvo arrepentido hecho más hombre y más bueno a la vida del hogar. Perdóname, que tu hijo tiene un pensamiento fijo y nadie lo hará cambiar. |
Today I come back repentant, a better man and a better person, to the life of hearth and home. Forgive me, for your son has got one stubborn mind that nobody's gonna change. |
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El baile Rodríguez Peña el Mocho y el Cachafaz de la milonga porteña que nunca más volverá... Carnavales de mi vida noches bravas y al final los espiantes de las pibas en aquel viejo arrabal. |
The dance at Rodriguez Peña, El Mocho and Cachafaz... the whole harbor-town milonga I'll never come across again... My life's great Mardi Gras! the brave nights out in the hood, and getting stood up in the end by the gals of that good ol' slum. |
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