Cafetin De Buenos Aires

Juan Carlos Baglietto
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De chiquilin, te miraba de afuera

As a child, I watched you from outside

como a esas cosas que nunca se fueron

like those things that never left

la ñata contra el vidrio

the nose against the glass

en un azul de frio

in a blue of cold

que solo fue despues viviendo

that only later, living,

igual al mio.

was the same as mine.

como una escuela de todas las cosas

like a school of all things

ya de muchacho me diste entre asombros

already as a young man, you gave me, with astonishment,

el cigarrillo

the cigarette

la fe en mis sueños

faith in my dreams

y una esperanza de amor.

and a hope for love.


Como olvidarte en esta queja

How to forget you in this complaint

cafetin de buenos aires

coffee shop of Buenos Aires

si sos lo unico en la vida

if you are the only one in life

que se parecio a mi vieja.

who resembled my mother.

en tu mezcla milagrosa

in your miraculous mix

de sabiondos y suicidas

of know-it-alls and suicides

yo aprendi filosofia, dados, timba

I learned philosophy, dice, gambling,

y la poesia cruel

and the cruel poetry

de no pensar mas en mi.

of not thinking more about myself.


Me diste en oro un puñado de amigos

You gave me in gold a handful of friends

que son los mismos que alientan mis dias

who are the same ones who encourage my days

Jose el de quimera

Jose of chimera

Marciel, que aun cree y espera

Marciel, who still believes and hopes

y el flaco Abel -que se nos fue-

and the skinny Abel - who left us -

pero aun me guia.

but still guides me.

sobre tus mesas que nunca preguntan

on your tables that never ask

lloré una tarde el primer desengaño

I cried one afternoon the first disillusionment

nací a penas, bebí mis años

I was born barely, I drank my years

y me entregue sin luchar.

and surrendered without a fight.

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