Silueta Porteña
Argentino Ledesma
Buenos Aires Silhouette
When you walk by in the afternoons
Tapping your heel on the sidewalk
Marking rhythms of melodious cadences
Of a playful and streetwise milonga
And in your sways it seems like you're dancing it
However they may look at you
Because you carry in your body the arrogance
And the majestic sway of the women from Buenos Aires
Creole evening, with clear sky
Embroidered with clouds, you carry in your hair
An Argentine headband that is all your pride
And how much sun those eyes of yours have!
And the compliments the boys tell you
Like little flowers they offer you as you pass by
You pick them up and tangle them in your hair
Next to the headband that adorns your head
Your body speaks of your arrogance and your cadence
And your heels provoking on the sidewalk
I am the Creole spirit turned into silhouette
And they crown you the prettiest and most Buenos Aires
Creole evening, with clear sky
Embroidered with clouds, you carry in your hair
An Argentine headband that is all your pride
And how much sun those eyes of yours have!
