El Bulin De La Calle Ayacucho

The Bulin of Ayacucho Street

El Bulin De La Calle Ayacucho

The tenement on Ayacucho street,El bulín de la calle ayacucho
That in my frog days I rented,Que en mis tiempos de rana alquilaba
The tenement the gang soughtEl bulín que la barra buscaba
To come at night to gamble,Pa caer por la noche a timbear
The tenement where so many boys,El bulín donde tantos muchachos
In their streak of tough life,En su racha de vida fulera
Found marroco and catreraEncontraron marroco y catrera
Heartbroken, seems to cry.Rechiflado, parece llorar

The primus never failed meEl primus no me fallaba
With its load of aguardienteCon su carga de aguardiente
And having hot waterY habiendo agua caliente
The mate was there, sir.El mate era allí señor
The guitar was not missingNo faltaba la guitarra
Well strung and shinyBien encordada y lustrosa
Nor the dandy with a hoarse voiceNi el bacán de voz gangosa
With a touch of singer.Con berretín de cantor

The tenement on Ayacucho streetEl bulín de la calle ayacucho
Has become mistongo and shabby:Ha quedado mistongo y fulero
You no longer hear the milonguero singer,Ya no se oye el cantor milonguero
Deceived, his muse singing.Engrupido, su musa entonar
And in the primus the kettle does not bubbleY en el primus no bulle la pava
That happily gathered the gangQue a la barra contenta reunía
And the dandy of the tough joyY el bacán de la rante alegría
Is dry from crying so much.Está seco de tanto llorar

Everything was a memoryCada cosa era un recuerdo
That life embittered me:Que la vida me amargaba
That's why I spent itPor eso me la pasaba
Shabby, tough and sad.Fulero, rante y tristón

The boys cut themselves offLos muchachos se cortaron
Seeing me so distressedAl verme tan afligido
And I stayed in the nestY yo me quedé en el nido
Brooding over my affliction.Empollando mi aflicción

Misty little parrot, lyingCotorrito mistongo, tirado
In the back of that tenement,En el fondo de aquel conventillo
Without carpets, without luxury and without shine,Sin alfombras, sin lujo y sin brillo
How many happy days I spent,¡Cuántos días felices pasé
In the warmth of the love of a girlAl calor del querer de una piba
Who was mine, affectionate and sincere...Que fue mía, mimosa y sinceral
And one winter night, tough,¡Y una noche de invierno, fulera
She flew away to the sky!Hasta el cielo de un vuelo se fue!