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There on the Riverbank

Carlos Gardel

Allá En La Ribera

Allá en la ribera, la tarde se aleja,
Llevando una queja de rota ilusión,
Y el aire recoge, suspiros profundos,
Que irán por el mundo cual tierna canción...

Nos llega hasta el alma, como una sonrisa,
La cálida brisa que traealpasar
Quien sabe de dónde, palabras sentidas,
Que llenanla vida, de grave penar...

Doliente y hermosa, está en la ribera,
La joven que fuera, feliz ensu amor,
Unbuque, a otros mares, delpuerto ha partido,
Y unhombre se ha ido tras algo mejor...

Un hombre se ha ido con rumbo a otros lares
Sinver los pesares de otrocorazón,
Quizás no ha pensado lo que alir se dejaba,
A la que lo amaba con santa pasión...

El sol ya se acuesta, apaga susluces
Y palos y cruces se ven balancear,
Y entonces la joven no puedecalmarse,
Ni puede olvidarse de aquél que se va
Y mientras las sombras invadenlas cosas
Triste y silenciosa se aleja de allí,
Pero aunque no llora camina llevando
El alma sangrando, por tanto sufrir...

There on the Riverbank

There on the riverbank, the evening fades away,
Carrying a complaint of broken illusion,
And the air collects deep sighs,
That will go through the world like a tender song...

It reaches our soul, like a smile,
The warm breeze that brings as it passes by
Who knows from where, heartfelt words,
That fill life with deep sorrow...

Sorrowful and beautiful, she is on the riverbank,
The young woman who was once happy in her love,
A ship, to other seas, has departed from the port,
And a man has gone after something better...

A man has gone with a course to other lands
Without seeing the sorrows of another heart,
Perhaps he hasn't thought about what he was leaving behind,
To the one who loved him with holy passion...

The sun is setting, turning off its lights
And sticks and crosses are seen swaying,
And then the young woman can't calm down,
Nor can she forget about the one who is leaving
And as the shadows invade things
Sad and silent, she walks away from there,
But even though she doesn't cry, she walks carrying
Her soul bleeding, from so much suffering...

Escrita por: Carlos Camba