Mi Tango Triste (tango Triste)
José María Contursi
My Sad Tango
I tortured myself without you and then I searched for you
Through the paths of memory
And at the farthest bend, you stirred, wanting to return
And to escape that hell...
And your loveless life crawled to me
With its pain and its silence
And we disguised a past that fought to love
To come back.
And it was you
Who brightened my loneliness,
Who turned my passion and tenderness
Into madness
And my calm hours into horror.
You...
You were my sad tango
And no one else exists but you
In my fate...
And today
You've stepped aside on my path...
And it's too late now
To go back crying
And hold back the anguish
That, when wilted,
Hurts so much more.
The light was torn apart and my voice fell silent
That night without words
Seeing that your soul was absent and I was always by your side
Like an abandoned thing...
And the shadow of another love crawled to me
And another voice that called you
And you plunged me into a past that fought to love
To come back.