Garganta Con Arena

Ya ves, el día no amanece

See, the day does not dawn

Polaco Goyeneche, cantame un tango más

Polaco Goyeneche, sing me one more tango

Ya ves, la noche se hace larga

See, the night becomes long

Tu vida tiene un karma: Cantar, siempre cantar

Your life has a karma: To sing, always sing

Tu voz, que al tango lo emociona

Your voice, that moves the tango

Diciendo el punto y coma que nadie le cantó

Saying the semicolon that no one sang to it

Tu voz, con duendes y fantasmas

Your voice, with elves and ghosts

Respira con el asma de un viejo bandoneón

Breathes with the asthma of an old bandoneón

Canta, garganta con arena

Sing, throat with sand

Tu voz tiene la pena que Malena no cantó

Your voice carries the sorrow that Malena did not sing

Canta, que Juárez te condena

Sing, Juárez condemns you

Al lastimar tu pena con su blanco bandoneón

By hurting your sorrow with his white bandoneón

Canta, la gente está aplaudiendo

Sing, people are applauding

Y aunque te estés muriendo, no conocen tu dolor

And even if you are dying, they do not know your pain

Canta, que Troilo desde el cielo

Sing, Troilo from heaven

Debajo de tu almohada, un verso te dejó

Under your pillow, left you a verse

Cantor de un tango algo insolente

Singer of a somewhat insolent tango

Hiciste que a la gente le duela, le duela tu dolor

You made people feel the pain, feel your pain

Cantor de un tango equilibrista

Singer of a tightrope tango

Más que cantor, artista con vicios de cantor

More than a singer, an artist with singer's vices

Ya ves, a mí y a Buenos Aires

See, to me and Buenos Aires

Nos falta siempre el aire cuando no está tu voz

We always lack air when your voice is not there

A vos, que tanto me enseñaste

To you, who taught me so much

El día que cantaste conmigo una canción

The day you sang with me a song

Canta, garganta con arena

Sing, throat with sand

Tu voz tiene la pena que Malena no cantó

Your voice carries the sorrow that Malena did not sing

Canta, que Juárez te condena

Sing, Juárez condemns you

Al lastimar tu pena con su blanco bandoneón

By hurting your sorrow with his white bandoneón

Canta, la gente está aplaudiendo

Sing, people are applauding

Y aunque te estés muriendo, no conocen tu dolor

And even if you are dying, they do not know your pain

Canta, que Troilo desde el cielo

Sing, Troilo from heaven

Debajo de tu almohada, un verso te dejó

Under your pillow, left you a verse