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Home Classes LYRICS Essays Links About	LYRICS Check back often for a harvest of tango lyrics translated by Jake Spatz NB: If the verses are out of alignment, try clicking "Refresh" in your web browser. La abandoné y no sabía     I left her and I had no idea   Music & lyrics: José Canet (2) Rec. by Ricardo Tanturi with Enrique Campos   Tr. Jake Spatz Recited 29 Aug. 07, Divino Lounge   Amasado entre oro y plata, de serenatas    y de fandangos... Acuñado entre los sones de bandoneones    nació este tango. Nació por verme sufrir, en este horrible vivir    donde agoniza mi suerte. Cuando lo escucho al sonar, cuando lo salgo a bailar    siento más cerca la muerte. Y es por eso que esta noche, siento el reproche    del corazón. In a woven gold and silver braid, of serenades    and of fandangos... coined amid the sounding tones of bandoneóns    was born this tango. It was born by seeing me suffer, in this horrible life    where my luck is in agony. When I hear it played by the band, and when to dance it I stand,    I feel my death all the closer. And that's the reason why tonight I feel the spite    of my own heart. La abandoné y no sabía de que la estaba queriendo y desde que ella se fue siento truncada mi fe que va muriendo, muriendo... La abandoné y no sabía que el corazón me engañaba y hoy que la vengo a buscar ya no la puedo encontrar adonde iré sin su amor. I left her and I had no idea what it was that I wanted, and from the time she set off I felt my own faith cut off, dying more with each day... I left her and I had no idea that my heart had deceived me and now as I search around I know she's not to be found where I go lacking her love. Al gemir de los violines, los bailarines    van suspirando. Cada cual con su pareja las penas viejas    va recordando. Y yo también que en mi mal sufro la angustia fatal    de no tenerla en mis brazos. Hoy la quisiera encontrar, para poderla besar    y darle el alma a pedazos... Pero inutil ya no puedo y en sombras quedo    con mi ilusión. As violins begin their crying, the dancers' sighing    begins to flow. In every couple there together, they now remember    their former woe. And I as well in my sorrowed state suffer the harsh fate    of having arms that can't hold her. I wish I could meet her today, and kiss her face right away    and give her my shattered soul... But I can't, there's no way, and in shadows I bide    my last hopes away. Table of Contents Questions? Comments? Email the Editor.
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