La Percanta Está Triste

Carlos Gardel
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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

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