Bandoneon Arrabalero

Bandoneon arrabalero, viejo fuelle desinflado,

Arrabal bandoneon, old deflated bellows,

Te encontre como a un pebete que la madre abandono

I found you like an abandoned kid whom the mother left,

En la puerta de un convento sin reboque en las paredes,

At the door of a convent without plaster on the walls,

A la luz de un farolito que de noche te alumbro.

In the light of a little lantern that illuminated you at night.

Bandoneon, porque ves que estoy triste y cantar ya no puedo,

Bandoneon, because you see that I am sad and can't sing anymore,

Vos sabes que yo llevo en el alma marcao un dolor.

You know that I carry in my soul a marked pain.

Te lleve a mi pieza, te acune en mi pecho frio,

I took you to my room, cradled you in my cold chest,

Yo tambin abandonado me encontraba en el bulin;

I, too, abandoned, was in the cheap hotel;

Has querido consolarme con tu voz enronquecida

You wanted to console me with your hoarse voice

Y tus notas doloridas aumento mi berretin.

And your sorrowful notes increased my longing.