Zamba Para Pepe

Many years have passed since you left
And without a tear, I said goodbye to you
Like the Argentine of tangos
You remained alone in Paris
And you already exchanged it for mist
To the Sun of your country

Many years have passed since I love you
And many more since you forget about me
They say you will never come back
And maybe I won't go back either
I'll see you one night on Corrientes
Corner of Rivoli

When a friend leaves
No one will return
All the heart we lent him
So much shared loneliness
A new friend is not the same
Pepe loves us halfway

Everything has changed since you left
Argentines are no longer the same
We are looking at ourselves from within
And forgetting about Paris
From our ashes we are reborn
Human upon dying

There are few left of those who said
That one cannot live in this country
Already under the hands of the shield
The little stick has taken root
And a bunch of ephemeral laurels
We managed to obtain

When a friend leaves
No one will return
All the heart we lent him
So much shared loneliness
A new friend is not the same
Pepe loves us halfway