Ay Ines!

The little dove was teasing me, you'll remember
When you passed by our corner on your way to buy bread
Your red dress up high, I would fall silent
Then your gaze would give me a mortal tremor

Swallow me earth, I begged, lowering my face there
With the compliments from my buddies, what will she think of me?
Now you come out saying you really liked Juan
Of my friends, the most vulgar can be said
So much sweetness, so much delicacy, dear Ines
Thoughtful phrases, rhymes, tunes, Gardel's voice

So much cologne for nothing, the trunk swallowed the paper
And that wedding day portrait watches us grow old
Oh Ines, all that's left for you is to sleep and dream
Oh Ines, and the playboys in the courtyards
Throw their flowers at your coastal way of walking

Everything in your path was like the step of a hurricane
As blood ran for being the triumphant gallant
You are my sky - you told me - the first love
But it was for another, impossible love, your heart

Your hair now recalls the smell of the sea
On the pillow, that palm tree foretells a storm

Oh Ines, all that's left for you is to sleep and dream
Oh Ines, there's a Don Juan assaulting the courtyard
Oh Ines, all that's left for you is to sleep and dream
Oh Ines, I don't know whether to laugh or cry
Oh Ines