Today's Tango Is... Maipo - Juan D'Arienzo 18-04-1939

MAIPO – Tango with English translation of Clausi's lyrics
Juan D’Arienzo 18-04-1939
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Music: Eduardo Arolas
Lyrics: Gabriel Clausi

Photo: Located at Emeralda 445-447, Buenos Aires, El Teatro Aristocrático (“Maipo”) was inaugurated on 07-05-1908, opening with the debut of “La Revue de la Scala” for gentlemen only. On 1 October 1915, a new owner renamed the theatre Teatro Esmeralda using as both a theatre and later as a cinema too. By 1922, Gardel and Razzano had appeared there and on 14 August 1922, the name was changed to the Maipo Theatre and, despite a couple of serious fires, the theatre continued to host many of the major stars of tango through the decades.

Although this is an instrumental version, I include the lyrics for background and context.

MAIPO

Vuelve a mí, recuerdo del ayer
con el brillar de luces en escena;
siempre el mismo fulgor,
las viejas candilejas
son como estrellas...
Otra vez, vibra en la noche aquel
sueño de amor y canto del pasado;
sombras que corretean
por este viejo tablado de ayer.

Marquesinas de mis sueños,
mil destellos de colores,
figuras esculturales,
nombres que están olvidados...
corre el tiempo y el recuerdo
se entrelaza con la pena...
el sabor de cosas de antes
guardadas con tanto amor...

El viejo Maipo nos vio bajo sus luces
aquellos días tan llenos de ternuras
soñar amores que fueron embeleso...
con toda el alma, con toda la ilusión,
con estas notas, con este tango triste,
quiero contarte teatro de mi pueblo
aquello que guardé en mi corazón,
tal como lo viví... tan lleno de emoción.

MAIPO

Come back to me, memories of yesterday
With glittering lights on stage;
Always the same brightness,
The old lamps
They are like stars ...
Again, that twinkle at night
Dream of love and song of the past;
Shadows that tread the boards of
This old stage of bygone years.

Canopies of my dreams,
A thousand flashes of color,
Statuesque figures,
Names now forgotten ...
Time flies and memory
Is tinged with sorrow ...
The way things used to be
Kept with so much love ...

The old Maipo saw us under its lights
Those days so full of tenderness
To dream of loves that were enchanting ...
With all your soul, with all the enthusiasm,
With these notes, with this sad tango,
I want to tell you, theatre of my public
What I kept in my heart,
As I lived it... so full of emotion.

English translation by Paul Bottomer ©

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