La Última Curda

The Last Binge

La Última Curda

Pity bandoneon, my heartLastima bandoneón, mi corazón
your hoarse tough cursetu ronca maldición maleva
your tear of rum takes metu lágrima de ron me lleva
towards the deep underworldhacia el hondo bajo fondo
where the mud rebelsdonde el barro se subleba

I know, don't tell me, you're rightYa sé no me digas, tenes razón
life is an absurd woundla vida es una herida absurda
And everything, everything so fleetingY es todo, todo tan fugaz
it's just a bingeque es una curda nada más
my confessionmi confesión

Tell me your sentenceContame tu condena
tell me your failuredecime tu fracaso
can't you see the pain that has wounded meno ves la pena que me ha herido
and simply talk to mey hablame simplemente
about that absent lovede aquel amor ausente
behind a scrap of obliviontras un retazo del olvido

I know I hurt youYa sé que te lastimo
I know I harm youyo sé que te hago daño
crying my sermon of winellorando mi sermón de vino
but it's the old lovepero es el viejo amor
that trembles bandoneonque tiembla bandoneón
and looks for a liquor to numby busca en un licor que aturda
the binge that in the endla curda que al final
terminates the showtermina la función
pulling the curtain, on the heartcorriendole el telón, al corazón

A bit of memory and bitternessUn poco de recuerdo y sinsabor
drips your slow grumblegotea tu rezongo lerdo
drives your liquormarea tu licor
and herds the left-handed herdy arrea la tropilla de zurda
when pouring the last bingeal volcar la ultima curda

Close the windowCerrame el ventanal
that drags the sunque arrastra el sol
its slow snail of dreamssu lento caracol de sueños
can't you see I come from a countryno ves que vengo de un país
that is forgottenque está de olvido
always gray, after the alcoholsiempre gris, tras el alcohol