Hasta La Muerte
Until Death
Transcription: Warren Edwardes (c) 2018-09-12
Translation: Warren Edwardes (c) 2018-09-12
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"Hasta la Muerte"
Orquesta Juan Maglio “Pacho” c. Carlos Viván
Recorded on 1928-02-12
Music: Juan Maglio “Pacho” (Juan Félix Maglio)
Lyrics: Carlos Viván (Miguel Rice Treacy)
"Hasta la Muerte"
Adiós dijiste y de aquel día
Ya nunca más volviste a mí,
Y vos sabías mi amor por ti
Nunca te creía ingrata,
Y se engañaba
Si en vos pensaba,
¡Mi corazón!
Alguien me dijo que te vio,
En un palacio lleno de placer
Y yo moría por tu querer.
Nunca quizás comprenderás
El daño cruel que tú me hiciste,
Pero yo siempre te he de amar,
Como se aman
Los muertos que se van.
La imagen de esa mujer
Que de mi lado se fue,
Bendita es para mí,
Vestida de percal
Como la conocí.
"Until Death" [Literal Translation]
Goodbye, you said and from that day
You never came back to me,
And you knew my love for you
I never thought you ungrateful,
And my heart was fooling itself
If it thought about you,
my heart!
Someone told me that he saw you,
In a palace full of pleasure
And I died for your love.
You may never understand
The cruel damage you did to me,
But I always have to love you,
How they love each other
The dead that leave us.
The image of that woman
That from my side has left,
Blessed is for me,
Dressed in percale cotton
The way I met her.
Notes
Not 100% sure of the contextual meaning of
Y te engañaba
Si en vos pensaba,
Mi corazón.
It could be "Y se engañaba". {And it is deceiving]
But I am not sure. Even then the meaning here is puzzling.
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