Mi Vieja Viola

Edmundo Rivero
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Vieja viola, garufera y vibradora

Old guitar, worn and vibrant

De las horas de parranda y copetín

From hours of revelry and drinks

De las tantas serenatas a la lora

From the many serenades to the lora

Que hoy es dueña de mi cuore y patrona del bulín

Who today owns my heart and rules the hangout

¡Cómo estás de abandonada y silenciosa

How abandoned and silent you are

Después que fuiste mi sueño de cantor!

After you were my dream as a singer!

Quien te ha oído sonar papa y melodiosa

Who has heard you play, dad, so melodious

No dice que sos la diosa de mi pobre corazón

Says you're the goddess of my poor heart


Es que la gola se va

It's that the throat is leaving

Y la fama es puro cuento

And fame is pure fiction

Y andando mal y sin vento

And going badly and without luck

Todo, todo se acabó

Everything, everything is over


Hoy sólo queda el recuerdo

Today only the memory remains

De pasadas alegrías

Of past joys

Pero estás vos, viola mía

But you are there, my guitar

Hasta que me vaya yo

Until I leave


Cuántas noches bajo el brazo de la zurda

How many nights under the arm of the left hand

Por cubrirte del sereno te llevé

I took you to cover you from the dew

Y por más que me encontrase bien en curda

And no matter how well I was in a drunken state

Conservándome en la línea, de otros curdas te cuidé

Preserving myself in line, I took care of you from other drunks


Si los años de la vida me componen

If the years of life compose me

Y la suerte me rempuja a encarrilar

And luck pushes me to straighten up

Yo te juro que te cambio los bordones

I swear I'll change your strings

Me rechiflo del escabio y te vuelvo a hacer sonar

I'll get rid of the drink and make you play again

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San Salvador, El Salvador May 1, 2025
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