Adiós Mi Barrio

Old neighborhood that you're leaving
I bid you my last goodbye
I won't see you anymore
With your black massive wall
Will disappear
An entire tradition
My old southern neighborhood
Sad and sentimental
Civilization
Stabs you with its dagger
On your coast of illusion
Is where was cradled
The tango of the compadron

Your famous wall has already gone
Whose shadows served a thousand times
As witness to the tough guys
Who died for a heart
And on feverish moonlit nights
To the grumbling rhythm of the waves
The boys with their drums
No longer sing their cheerful song

The bar has closed its door
No more laughter, no light, no joy
And in the ruinous and deserted street
A wind of desolation blows
The fatal pickaxe of progress
Tore out a thousand dear memories
And it seems that the sea in a prayer
Also showed its emotion

(spoken)
Southern neighborhood... beloved old neighborhood
They are tearing you apart in pieces
Perfumed with the scent of legend
For you is my song
For you southern neighborhood of my dreams
That saw me play as a boy
And keep in your narrow streets
A thousand sacred memories
For you old neighborhood compadre
With a tilted handkerchief and hat
That have the gentleness of a child
And the arrogance of a man
For you old southern neighborhood of my life
That gave birth to the tango
With passions, tragedies, and laughter
For you is my song
Old neighborhood that you're leaving
I bid you my last goodbye
I won't see you anymore