Alguien Le Dice Al Tango
Tango que he visto bailar
Contra un ocaso amarillo
Por quienes eran capaces
De otro baile, el del cuchillo
Tango de aquel maldonado
Con menos agua que barro
Tango silbado al pasar
Desde el pescante del carro
Despreocupado y zafado
Siempre mirabas de frente
Tango que fuiste la dicha
De ser hombre y ser valiente
Tango que fuiste feliz,
Como yo también lo he sido
Según me cuenta el recuerdo
El recuerdo fue el olvido
Desde ese ayer, ¡cuántas cosas
A los dos nos han pasado
Las partidas y el pesar
De amar y no ser amado
Yo habré muerto y seguirás
Orillando nuestra vida
Buenos aires no te olvida
Tango que fuiste y serás
Someone Tells Tango
Tango that I have seen dancing
Against a yellow sunset
By those who were capable
Of another dance, the one with the knife
Tango from that Maldonado
With less water than mud
Tango whistled as it passed
From the driver's seat of the cart
Carefree and loose
You always looked straight ahead
Tango that were the joy
Of being a man and being brave
Tango that were happy,
As I have been too
As memory tells me
Memory was forgetfulness
Since that yesterday, how many things
Have happened to both of us
The departures and the sorrow
Of loving and not being loved
I may have died and you will continue
Bordering our lives
Buenos Aires does not forget you
Tango that you were and will be