El Pañuelito
Carlos Gardel
The Handkerchief
The white handkerchief
That I offered you
Embroidered with my hair
Was for you
You have despised it
And soaked in tears
I have it before me
The afternoon was sad
When I saw you
And when from your lips
Trembling I heard
That you didn't love me
And that you were leaving
Forever from me
With this handkerchief my heart suffered
With this handkerchief I lost an illusion
With this handkerchief came the cruel day
That you left me moaning with it
The faithful handkerchief stayed with me
The faithful handkerchief felt with me
The faithful handkerchief will go with me
The day my slow suffering ends
This handkerchief was
Companion of pain
How many times I kissed it
For that lost love!
Embroidered on it is your name
And I always carry it here
How much sorrow it gives me
Reminding me of you!
A bird sadly sang
My sweet love
When you abandoned me
I don't know why
And even the handkerchief
Rolled on the floor
Hearing your disdain
The noble handkerchief
In my sorrow
Has been a confidant
Of my grief
And perhaps it prevents
That I can never
Forget you in life
