Con pan y cebolla

With Bread and Onion

Con pan y cebolla

For the things that Paris hasPor las cosas que tiene París
he showed her off in Montmartre,la sacaba a lucir en Montmartre,
and besides, he bought her paintings,y además le compraba pinturas,
tobacco, sweet nothings, poems, and bread.tabaco, ternuras, poemas y pan.
He, a black dude, covered in soot,Él, un negro "colifa", de hollín,
and she a spinning top in Pigalle.y ella un trompo que hacía Pigall.
It was a strange adventure for some reasonFue no sé por qué rara aventura
that sank a ship two verses more.que hundieron un barco dos décimas más.

And they arrived at the dream port,Y llegaron al puerto soñado,
she was seen with bread and onionla vieron con pan y cebolla
and in Corrientes, the narrow and the Low,y en Corrientes la angosta y el Bajo,
they looked for work, cooking up a meal.buscaron laburo, pararon la olla.
But in the end - our people are like that! -Pero al fin -¡nuestro pueblo es así!-,
a con artist singer pulled her inla engrupió un malandrín de cantor
and at the spell of an old tango...y al conjuro de un viejo gotán...
At the spell of an old tango¡Al conjuro de un viejo gotán
the madam took off!la madam se piantó!

For the things that Paris hasPor las cosas que tiene París
they met again in Montmartre.se encontraron de nuevo en Montmartre.
He kept buying paintings,Él seguía comprando pinturas,
but she had the tough sweetness of bread.pero ella la dura ternura del pan.
And he, the black dude, covered in soot,Y él, el negro "colifa", de hollín,
who earned respect in the neighborhood,que en el barrio se hacía respetar,
married at Sacre Coeur with the girlse casó en "Sacre Coeur" con la mina
and that very night sent her to Pigalle.y esa misma noche la mandó al Pigall.