Invierno
Winter
Transcription: Warren Edwardes (c) 2018-01-09
Translation: Warren Edwardes (c) 2018-01-09
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Note that many tango lyrics published on the internet are the officially submitted lyrics and not what was actually sung at the time of recording. These vary from recording to recording.
These are my own transcriptions and translations.
"Invierno"
Orquesta Francisco Canaro c. Roberto Maida
Recorded on 1937-08-19
Music: Horacio Pettorossi
Lyrics: Enrique Cadícamo
"Invierno"
Orquesta Romantica Milonguera c. Marisol Martinez, Roberto Minondi
Recorded on 2017-10-23
Music: Horacio Pettorossi
Lyrics: Enrique Cadícamo
Invierno
Volvió
el invierno con su blanco ajuar,
ya la escarcha comenzó a brillar
en mi vida sin amor.
Profundo padecer
que me hace comprender
que hallarse solo
es un horror
Y al ver
cómo soplan en mi corazón,
vientos fríos de desolación
quiero llorar.
Porque mi alma lleva
brumas de un invierno,
que-hoy no puedo disipar
Porque mi alma lleva
brumas de un invierno,
que hoy no puedo disipar
"Winter" [Literal Translation]
It's returned
winter with its white trousseau,
and the frost has begun to shine
in my life without love.
Deep suffering
that makes me understand
to be alone
It is a horror
And seeing
how they blow within my heart,
cold winds of desolation
I want to cry.
Because my soul has
winter mists
that today I cannot dispel
Because my soul has
winter mists
that today I cannot dispel
"Winter" [Singing Interpretation]
It blows
barren winter and its sallow pallor
and the frosted crust begins a shiver
lover loser; it's a bore
Such pain; so cannot bear
never ends; all too clear
to live your life alone
such a horror
What a 'mare
how they bellow through my so sad soul
eternal winds of desolation blow
Just have to roar
Because my soul must bear
icy mists of life so cold
that now cannot disappear
Because my soul must bear
icy mists of life so cold
that now cannot disappear
Transcription: Warren Edwardes (c) 2018-01-09
Translation: Warren Edwardes (c) 2018-01-09
Performance by Carlotta Missirolli at Tango Shelter 2018 on 8 December 2018.
Winter
Note that this was the first performance with no rehearsal and Carlotta is an opera singer and not a tango singer.
Invierno - Winter sung by Tuna Acciaioli at Tango Shelter 2019 Bilingual Spanish - English. English translation by Warren Edwardes
Notes
It can be a shock listening to Canaro's jaunty music and then reading or listening to the sad lyrics. Initially the Romantica Milonguera version seemed very slow. Indeed it is much slower than the Canaro version. But perhaps the slower tempo brings in into line with the suicidal lyrics. I would say it does.