Ay Ines!

Oh Ines!

Ay Ines!

The little dove was teasing me, you'll rememberLa palomilla me cabuleaba recordarás
When you passed by our corner on your way to buy breadCuando pasabas por nuestra esquina con rumbo al pan
Your red dress up high, I would fall silentCual tu vestido rojo subido callaba yo
Then your gaze would give me a mortal tremorLuego me entraba con tu mirada un mortal temblor

Swallow me earth, I begged, lowering my face thereTrágame tierra rogaba bajando la cara ahí
With the compliments from my buddies, what will she think of me?Con los piropos de éstos mis cuates, que va a pensar de mí
Now you come out saying you really liked JuanOra me sales con que en verdad te gustaba Juan
Of my friends, the most vulgar can be saidDe mis amigos puede decirse el más vulgar
So much sweetness, so much delicacy, dear InesTanta dulzura, tanta finura, querida Inés
Thoughtful phrases, rhymes, tunes, Gardel's voiceFrases pensadas, rimas, tonadas, voz de Gardel

So much cologne for nothing, the trunk swallowed the paperTanta loción para nada el baúl se tragó el papel
And that wedding day portrait watches us grow oldY ese retrato del día de bodas nos mira envejecer
Oh Ines, all that's left for you is to sleep and dreamAy Inés solo te queda dormir y soñar
Oh Ines, and the playboys in the courtyardsAy Inés y los donjuanes por los zaguanes
Throw their flowers at your coastal way of walkingLanzan sus flores a tu costeña manera de andar

Everything in your path was like the step of a hurricaneTodo a tu paso era ese paso del huracán
As blood ran for being the triumphant gallantComo corría sangre por ser el galán triunfal
You are my sky - you told me - the first loveEres mi cielo –así me dijiste- el primer amor
But it was for another, impossible love, your heartPero era de otro, amor imposible, tu corazón

Your hair now recalls the smell of the seaTu cabellera ahora recuerda al olor a mar
On the pillow, that palm tree foretells a stormSobre la almohada esa palmera presagia un vendaval

Oh Ines, all that's left for you is to sleep and dreamAy Inés solo te queda dormir y soñar
Oh Ines, there's a Don Juan assaulting the courtyardAy Inés hay un Don Juan asaltando el zaguán
Oh Ines, all that's left for you is to sleep and dreamAy Inés solo te queda dormir y soñar
Oh Ines, I don't know whether to laugh or cryAy Inés yo ya no sé si reír o llorar
Oh InesAy Inés