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Singer: Horacio SALGANSinger 2: Edmundo RiveroComposer: Sebastián PianaAuthor: José González Castillo

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Lyrics
Un callejón de Pompeya
y un farolito plateando el fango
y allí un malevo que fuma,
y un organito moliendo un tango;
y al son de aquella milonga,
más que su vida mistonga,
meditando, aquel malevo
recordó la canción de su dolor.

Yo soy aquel que, en Corrales,
-los carnavales
de mis amores-
hizo brillar tus bellezas
con las lindezas
de sus primores;
pero tu inconstancia loca
me arrebató de tu boca,
como pucho que se tira
cuando ya
ni sabor ni aroma da.

Tango querido
que ya pa'siempre pasó,
como pucho consumió
las delicias de mi vida
que hoy cenizas sólo son.
Tango querido
que ya pa'siempre calló,
¿quién entonces me diría
que vos te llevarías
mi única ilusión?
English translation
An alley in Pompeii
and a streetlamp silvering the mud
and there a malevo smoking
and a little organ grinding a tango;
and to the sound of that milonga,
more than his mistonga life,
meditating, that malevo
remembered the song of his pain.

I am he who, in Corrales,
-the carnivals
of my loves-
made your beauties shine
with the beauty
of its primors;
but your crazy inconstancy
snatched me from your mouth,
like a fag that is thrown away
when it no longer
neither taste nor scent.

Dear tango
that's gone forever,
like a cigarette consumed
the delights of my life
that today are only ashes.
Dear tango
that has fallen silent forever,
who then would tell me
that you would take away
my only illusion?

The Cabeceo