La Percanta Está Triste
Carlos Gardel
Lyrics
Translation
La percanta esta triste
The woman is sad
Que tendrá la percanta?
What's wrong with the woman?
En sus ojos hinchados
In her swollen eyes
Se asoma una lágrima
A tear appears
Rueda y se planta
Rolls down and settles
La percanta esta triste
The woman is sad
No hace más que gemir
She does nothing but moan
Ya no ríe, no baila, ni canta
No more laughter, dancing, or singing
Y la pobre percanta
And the poor woman
No puede dormir
Cannot sleep
De su cara rosada
The rosy color
Se ha piantado el color
Has vanished from her face
Y ha quedado marchita
And she's left withered
Como pálida flor
Like a pale flower
Sus ojazos no brillan
Her big eyes don't shine
Han perdido el fulgor
They've lost their sparkle
Y sus labios de fuego
And her lips of fire
Ya no tienen calor
No longer have warmth
Otra mina más papa
Another woman, dad
Al bacán le quito
To the dandy, she took
Y la pobre percanta
And the poor woman
Amurada quedo
Remained heartbroken
La percanta esta triste
The woman is sad
Y no puede vivir
And she cannot live
Su dolor es tan grande y profundo
Her pain is so great and deep
Que esgunfia, del mundo
That, from the world
Se quiere escurrir
She wants to slip away