Milonga Para Los Orientales
China Zorrilla
Milonga For The Easterners
Milonga that this city dweller
Dedicates to the Easterners
Dedicates to the Easterners
Thanking memories
Of afternoons and ceiba trees
The flavor of the East
With these words I paint
It's the taste of what it is
The same and a little different
Like the twists of a lasso
Our history intertwines
Our history intertwines
That history on horseback
That smells of blood and glory
Milonga of those gauchos
Who charged bravely
On the plains that are even
Or in the hills of Haedo
Milonga of the forgotten one
Who dies and doesn't complain
Who dies and doesn't complain
Milonga of the throat
Slashed from ear to ear
Milonga of the horse tamer
Of tough hoofed colts
And of the silver that brightens
The dark saddle
Milonga so that time
Can erase borders
Can erase borders
For they have the same
Colors, the two flags
Milonga that this city dweller
Dedicates to the Easterners
Thanking memories
Of afternoons and ceiba trees
