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| Te aconsejo que me olvides | I suggest that you forget me | |
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Music: Pedro Maffia Lyrics: Jorge Curi Rec. by Anibal Troilo with Francisco Fiorentino |
Tr. Jake Spatz Recited 15 Aug. 07, Divino Lounge |
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Recibi tu ultima carta en la cual tu me decias: "Te aconsejo que me olvides, todo ha muerto entre los dos. Solo pido mis retratos y todas las cartas mias, ya lo sabes que no es justo que aun eso conserves vos." |
I received the last of your letters, the one in which you said: "I suggest that you forget me, what we had has come to a close. I ask of you only my pictures and the letters that I sent you; you know it wouldn't be right for you to keep any of those." |
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Hoy reconoces la falta; tenes miedo que yo diga... que le cuente al que tu sabes, nuestra intima amistad. Soy muy hombre no te vendo, no soy capaz de una intriga; lo comprendo que, si hablara, quiebro tu felicidad. |
Now you realize the problem; you're afraid I might tell stories... that I'd speak to you-know-who of our intimate friendliness. I'm too much a man to sell you out, I don't have the stomach for scandal; I'm well aware that if I speak of us I ruin your happiness. |
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Pero no vas a negar que cuando tu fuiste mia, dijiste que me querias, que no me ibas a olvidar. Y que ciega de cariño me besabas en la boca, como si estuvieras loca sedienta nena de amar. |
And yet you won't deny that back when you were mine you told me that you loved me, that you could never forget me. And blinded then with affection, you kissed me on the mouth like a baby girl gone mad in thirsting after love. |
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Yo no tengo inconveniente en enviarte todo eso, sin embargo aunque no quieres algo tuyo ha de quedar. El vacio que dejaste y el calor de aquellos besos, bien lo sabes que no puedo devolvertelos jamás. |
I don't have the least objection in sending you all this; undoubtedly, love me or not, what's yours is yours in the end. The void that you left behind and the heat of your every kiss— too well do I know I can never take you back to those times again. |
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Yo lo hago en bien tuyo evitando un compromiso, sacrifico mi cariño por tu apellido y tu honor. Me conformo con mi suerte, ya que así el destino quiso pero acuerdate, bien mio, que esto lo hago por tu amor. |
It's for your sake that I'm avoiding making this thing a show; for your name and for your honor I can leave my heart at the door. Let me accept my fortune, now that destiny's framed it so; but ever remember, my darling, it's your love that I do this for. |
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