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Singer: Héctor MAURESinger 2: Dir. Carlos DemaríaComposer: Lucio DemareAuthor: Eugenio Majul

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Lyrics
Al alba abrí las puertas de mis horas;
al alba fuiste tú:
promesa y luces...
Y ahora están abiertas a un abismo,
el más profundo y gris,
porque me huyes.
Acaso llegue a ti mi voz en tango,
en ella va una lágrima y un beso;
la lágrima por ti,
porque te amo,
y el beso porque en él te pierdo menos.

Mientras viva...
Mientras viva serás mi único anhelo
y ese tiempo de nardos que murió.
Antes hubo un sol en mis inviernos
y el río dialogaba con tu nombre;
antes el azúcar de tus besos
la boca me endulzaba día y noche.
Mientras viva...
Mientras viva estarás en mi desvelo
porque fuiste, ai final, mi único amor.

Recuerdo que una vez los dos juramos
morir por ese amor
que nos ataba,
que entonces era un tiempo de sonrisas
en la pobreza azul
de nuestra casa.
No llora porque sí mi tango nuevo,
estás en su existencia y en la mía;
hoy hice para ti
sus pobres versos
que duelen casi más que mis heridas.
English translation
At dawn I opened the doors of my hours;
at dawn it was you:
promise and lights...
And now they are open to an abyss,
the deepest and grayest,
because you flee me.
Perhaps my voice will reach you in tango,
in it goes a tear and a kiss;
the tear for you,
because I love you,
and the kiss because in it I lose you less.

As long as I live...
As long as I live you will be my only longing
and that time of nards that died.
Before there was a sun in my winters
and the river talked with your name;
Before the sugar of your kisses
sweetened my mouth day and night.
As long as I live...
As long as I live, you will be in my wakefulness
because you were, in the end, my only love.

I remember that once we both swore
to die for that love
that tied us together,
that then it was a time of smiles
in the blue poverty
of our house.
Don't cry for the sake of my new tango,
you are in its existence and in mine;
today I made for you
its poor verses for you
that hurt almost more than my wounds.

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