Desdichas

Y si ves alguna noche

And if you see some night

entre risa y carcajada,

between laughter and guffaw,

una triste milonguera

a sad tango dancer

de un lujoso cabaret;

from a luxurious cabaret;

acordate que esa pobre

remember that this poor one

tiene el alma destrozada,

has a shattered soul,

que no baila de alegría

she doesn't dance out of joy

y se ríe sin querer.

and laughs unintentionally.

Si la ves arrinconada

If you see her cornered

recordando con tristeza,

remembering with sadness,

las desdichas del pasado,

the misfortunes of the past,

triste fin de una pasión;

sad end of a passion;

de seguro que en el blanco

surely on the white

mantelado de la mesa,

tablecloth of the table,

la visión de su pebete

the vision of her young man

la consuela en su dolor.

comforts her in her pain.

Bailá, bailá, milonguera

Dance, dance, tango dancer

que al mundo no le importa

the world doesn't care

si vos llorarás.

if you will cry.

Bailá, bailá, milonguera,

Dance, dance, tango dancer,

porque mira el encargado

because the manager is watching

y te puede echar.

and he can dismiss you.