La Milonga Perdida
La milonga se ha perdido
No la pueden encontrar
Unos dicen que la vieron
Cerca de San Nicolás
El resero Gorosito
Surero del lau de Puán
Asegura que la ha visto
Por la orillita del mar
Y anda por ahí lo que dice
Don Gabino, el mayoral
Que la sintió muy quejosa
Allá por la paternal
La milonga se ha perdido
No la pueden encontrar
No falta quien asegura
Que la escucho en un portal
En labios de una morena
Adorno de soledad
El aire de la milonga
No se pierde así nomás
Mientras haya una guitarra
Argentina o oriental
Tal vez ha cambiado un poco
Pero es la misma nomás
Atardecita en la pampa
Trasnochada en la ciudad
La milonga se ha perdido
No la pueden encontrar
The Lost Milonga
The milonga has been lost
They can't find it
Some say they saw it
Near San Nicolás
The cowboy Gorosito
From the south of Puán
Claims he saw it
By the seashore
And there's talk around
Of what Don Gabino, the overseer, says
That he heard it very mournful
Back in the paternal neighborhood
The milonga has been lost
They can't find it
There's no lack of those who claim
They heard it in a doorway
On the lips of a brunette
Adorned with loneliness
The essence of the milonga
Doesn't just disappear
As long as there's a guitar
Argentinian or oriental
Maybe it has changed a bit
But it's still the same
Dusk in the pampas
Night owl in the city
The milonga has been lost
They can't find it