Milonga del tartamudo
Alfredo Zitarrosa
Stutterer's Milonga
(Milonga)
Stutterer's milonga who always said no,
I am poor and I don't sell myself, and no one ran over me.
Certainly it was his pride to be from below and not give in,
when all those from above wanted to corrupt him.
In the market of man, if the performance is not good,
it starts with layoffs and ends in emptying.
Echegoyen gained fame in the great occupation,
when a judge and a colonel demanded his surrender.
Go ahead... go ahead... go ahead... delegate no... don't let them tri... trick you,
if the people are by your side, you have everything to gain.
In the middle of his speech, the stutterer stuttered,
and amid laughter and teasing, people sang to him:
my... my... my... stuttered milonga, milonga to forget,
when the stutterer is silent, he will surely fight.
Milonga of the delegate who walked through Mataderos,
between beaches and pens, serving his comrades.
The union accompanied him from Liniers to Puerto Piojo,
neighbors, kids, and old folks facing the eviction.
In the meat business, the first is that of the calf,
the man's worth is barely for the whip or the knife.
My... my... my... stutterer's milonga who always said no,
I'm still poor and I don't sell myself, damn them!
The cows that escaped from the sticks and the owners,
still wander through the neighborhoods, wandering as if in a dream.
