Milonga más triste

Saddest Milonga

The record editor attributes authorship to Alfredo Zitarrosa, but he denies it in later statements, without giving further details about the supposed author of the song Milonga

I would like to say that I have
joy in what I give
but with my singing I go
sadder than I come.

I have a song that sings to me,
maybe to amaze me,
when I sing I am a man
with a town in my throat.

I was born in land of ranchers
and I already know by heart
that here the history is written
according to the value of the calves.

The poor are not rocked,
no one values their misfortune,
justice is a cow
grazing in democracy.

If someone knows the secret
I suppose they will tell me
why where there is a lack of bread,
there are always an abundance of decrees.

Laws are not the same
for those who are not united,
let the one who has suffered realize,
where their own troubles lie.

It's not about money
but rather about work,
with the tomatoes from below
the whole drawer is filled.

Whoever understands it first
shouldn't be so tough,
they should know that in the future
their companions await them.

And I also want to tell him
that in the milonga I sang
everything little I know,
everything much I hope.