Milonga de Los Perros

Milonga of the Dogs

Milonga de Los Perros

Crane, horizon, and anchorGrúa, horizonte y ancla
There must be a port hereAcá debe haber un puerto
Polyglot flags and the smell of dead greetingsPolíglotas banderas y olor a saludo muerto

And girls with clearlyY chicas con claramente
Visible lines of their pantiesVisibles líneas de sus bombachas
Under intangible skirts. The one with the carnation took me to her houseBajo impalpables polleras. La del clavel me llevó a su casa

She told me about the gaucho uncleMe contó del tío gaucho
Who lost a hand to a knifeQue a facón perdió una mano
And surely his hand was in a golden boxY en una caja dorada seguramente estaba la mano

She wished I were someone elseDeseó que yo fuera otro
She kissed me and literallyMe besó y literalmente
Threw butter on the ceiling and unplugged her mindLe tiró manteca al techo y desenchufó la mente

And God, who looked at the world through the eyes of dogsY Dios que miraba al mundo por los ojos de los perros
Hungry, guilty, and wild ones sniffing around this portHambrientos, reos y ariscos que husmean por este puerto

Before the terrible noiseAntes del ruido terrible
Of the birds singingDel canto de pajaritos
I escaped through the window and crossed paths with the damned onesMe escapé por la ventana y me crucé con los malditos

Tearful masonsAlbañiles lagrimales
Sentimental firefightersBomberos sentimentales
Psychoanalyst whores, tenderness of criminalsPutas sicoanalistas, ternura de criminales

A recently released prisonerUn reo recién librado
Sings a tango with a good voiceCanta un tango con buena gola
And dances on the cobblestones his six years of confinementY baila en el empedrado sus seis años de gayola

The guy was born markedEl tipo nació marcado
A fledgling hero or scoundrelPichón de héroe o canalla
As the tides dictate: Destiny doesn't stay silentSegún dicten las mareas: El destino no se calla

And God smoked the world, except for the dogsY Dios se fumaba al mundo a todos menos los perros
Hungry, guilty, and wild ones sniffing around this portHambrientos, reos y ariscos que husmean por este puerto