El Choclo

With this tango that is mocking and compadrito
The ambition of my suburb tied two wings
With this tango, the sky was born and with a shout
It came out of the sordid slum seeking the sky
Strange spell of a love turned into absence
That opened paths with no law but hope
Mixtures of rage, pain, faith, absence

Crying in the innocence of a playful rhythm
For your miracle of ominous notes
The paicas and grelas were born without thinking
Moon in the puddles, canyengue in the hips
And a fierce longing in the way of loving
When I evoke you, beloved tango

I feel the tiles of a dance floor trembling
And I hear the echo of my past
Now that I have nothing
But my mother
I feel her arriving on tiptoe to kiss me
When your song is born to the sound of a bandoneon...