La Violeta

The Violet

La Violeta

With the elbow on the dirty tableCon el codo en la mesa mugrienta
And the gaze fixed on a dreamY la vista clavada en un sueño
The Italian Domingo Polenta thinksPiensa el tano Domingo Polenta
About the drama of his immigrationEn el drama de su inmigración

And in the dirty tavern that singsY en la sucia cantina que canta
The nostalgia of the old countryLa nostalgia del viejo paese
His hoarse throat goes out of tuneDesafina su ronca garganta
Already toughened by cheap wineYa curtida de vino carlón

And The Violet goes, goes, goesE La Violeta la va, la va, la va
She goes to the field she dreamed ofLa va sul campo che lei si sognaba
That was her yinyín who was watching over herCh’era suo yinyín que guardándola estaba

He also seeks his dreamed goodÉl también busca su soñado bien
Since that day, so distant nowDesde aquel día, tan lejano ya
When with his load of illusion he set outQue con su carga de ilusión saliera
Like The Violet that goes, goesComo La Violeta que la va, la va

Distant folk songCanzoneta de pago lejano
That idealizes the dirty tavernQue idealiza la sucia taberna
And shines in the eyes of the ItalianY que brilla en los ojos del tano
With the pearl of some tearCon la perla de algún lagrimón

He learned it when he came with othersLa aprendió cuando vino con otros
Locked in the belly of a shipEncerrado en la panza de un buque
And it is with her, making batuqueY es con ella, metiendo batuque
That he consoles his disillusionmentQue consuela su desilusión