Letras

Apology of Tango (Apología Tanguera)

Letra: Enrique Cadicamo | Música: Rosita Quiroga |

Rante tango that you have

The soul of a slap,

That you carry a blow with an axe

On the forehead and you hide it.

From head to toes,

In deep mourning,

You are a canero symbol

That goes tapping strong,

You’re the life and the death,

Dressed up as a milonguero.

You are in the camandulaje

A cacho of bad luck,

You’re the mask of death

That writes the sabalaje,

You’re the soul of the chusmaje

Fit in a bandoneon,

You’re the furca, the betrayal

And you’re a great herb

The flattery and the chamuyo

That perfumes the heart.

You’re the sad moan,

That amarrocando feelings

Go inside the ears

And scratch the heart.

You’re the compadrón requiem,

The one who moaned there in Paris

With your canyengue…do you hear me?

You’ve been the fierce remache

Who made the crook shake

And cry at the Mimís.

Cute tango that streches

In a lazy bandola

And gets out agonizing

While you dance and inhale;

Tango, you seem like a strip

Of high-handedness and evil,

You’re teardrop and apron,

You’re funeral and cocaine

And you’re sadness of mina

Who sticks in a knife.

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