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Singer: Armando PONTIERSinger 2: Alberto MarinoComposer: Baldomero SuárezAuthor: Jesús Fernández Blanco

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Lyrics
Amigo corazón, vos has llorao
apenas una duda te mordió,
y estás como los maulas arrugao,
sin chance pa' seguir la ruta del dolor...
Al verte sollozar acobardao,
quisiera yo arrancarte de un tirón
y en este mundo ingrato, que sólo da tormentos,
más libre que los vientos, ¡vivir sin corazón!...

Yo no sé nada de cobardes agachadas,
porque en las malas mi serena juventud,
es como un cóndor con las alas desplegadas,
que siempre busca las alturas y la luz...
No me hacen mella los amargos desengaños,
y si querés que no te arranque de un tirón,
por el camino de las penas y los años,
sin lágrimas de maula, ¡seguime, corazón!...

Amigo corazón, si ves nublao
tu cielo de esperanzas y de amor,
las nubes son un mísero tinglao,
rompelo y vas a ver que arriba brilla el sol...
Si vos pensás seguir acobardao,
un día sin dolor te arrancaré,
y luego de arrojarte, cual pasto de las fieras,
feliz con mis quimeras, sin vos yo seguiré....
English translation
Friend heart, you have cried
as soon as a doubt bit you,
and you're like the wrinkled maulas,
with no chance to follow the path of pain...
Seeing you sobbing and cowering,
I'd like to tear you away at once
and in this ungrateful world, that only gives torments,
freer than the winds, to live without a heart!...

I know nothing of cowardly crouches,
because in bad times my serene youth,
is like a condor with its wings spread,
that always seeks the heights and the light...
I am not dented by bitter disappointments,
and if you don't want me to tear you away from me,
by the path of sorrows and years,
without tears of maula, follow me, heart!...

Friend heart, if you see cloudy
your sky of hopes and love,
the clouds are a miserable tinglao,
break it and you will see that the sun shines above...
If you think you'll go on cowering,
one day without pain I'll tear you away,
and after throwing you away, like grass for the wild beasts,
happy with my chimeras, without you I'll go on....

The Cabeceo