Ventarron

Carlos Gardel
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Por tu fama, por tu estampa

For your fame, for your figure

Sos el malevo mentado del hampa,

You are the notorious tough guy of the underworld

Sos el mas taura entre todos los tauras,

You are the toughest among all tough guys

Sos el mismo ventarron

You are the same strong wind


Quien te iguala por tu rango

Who equals you in your rank

En las canyengues quebradas del tango

In the broken paths of the tango

En la conquista de los corazones

In the conquest of hearts

Si llega la ocasion

If the occasion arises


Entre el malevaje

Among the underworld

ventarron a vos te llaman

They call you wind

ventarronpor tu coraje,

Wind, for your courage

Por tus hazaas todos te aclaman

For your exploits, everyone praises you

Y a pesar de todo

And despite everything

ventarron dejo Pompeya.

Wind left Pompeii


Y se fue tras de la estrella

And he went after the star

Que su destino le sealo

That fate marked for him

Muchos aos han pasado

Many years have passed

Y sus guapezas y sus berrentines.

And his bravery and his whims


Los fue dejando por los cafetines

He left them in the coffee shops

Como un castigo de Dios,

As a punishment from God

Solo y triste, casi enfermo

Alone and sad, almost sick

Con sus derrotas mordindole el alma

With his defeats biting his soul

Volvi el malevo buscando su fama

The tough guy returned seeking his fame

Que otro ya conquisto.

That another already conquered


Ya no sos el mismo

You are not the same anymore

ventarron de aquellos tiempos

Wind of those times

Sos cartn para el amigo

You are cardboard for the friend

Y para el maula un pobre cristo

And for the scoundrel, a poor Christ

Y al sentir un tango

And when hearing a tango

Compadron y retobado

Swagger and stubborn

Records de aquel pasado

Memories of that past

Las glorias guapas del ventarron

The handsome glories of the wind

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Montevideo, Uruguay January 3, 2025
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