Today's Tango Is... Muchachita del Campo - Juan D'Arienzo 11-12-1974

MUCHACHITA DEL CAMPO - Tango with English translation
Juan D'Arienzo c. Osvaldo Ramos 11-12-1974

Music: Francisco Lomuto
Lyrics: Manuel Romero

Versions on this channel
Francisco Lomuto c. Jorge Omar 03-05-1938
Francisco Canaro c. Ángel Ramos, Roberto Maida 23-05-1938
Juan D'Arienzo c. Osvaldo Ramos 11-12-1974

MUCHACHITA DEL CAMPO

Muchachita que soñando en un amor
Un amor que nunca llega,
Vas perdiendo tu perfume y tu color
Como flor que no se riega.
Siempre esperas al viajero que pasó
Un lejano inolvidable atardecer,
Y con voz que tu alma cándida creyó
Te mintió un querer,
Y que luego de besarte se alejó
Para no volver.

Dónde está su ternura
Dónde está su pasión,
Ya no es más que amargura
Tu querida ilusión...
Por el largo camino
Tú lo viste marchar,
Y hoy sólo es tu destino
Esperar y esperar...

Asomada a tu ventana ves pasar
De los años la corriente,
Y tus ojos fatigados de llorar
Sólo buscan al ausente...
Mas no esperes al cruel que despertó
La ternura que hay en tu alma de mujer,
Muchachita campesina que soñó
Te has de convencer,
Que el amor pasó a tu lado y se alejó
Para no volver...

COUNTRY GIRL

Girl who dreams of a love
A love that never comes
You're wasting your perfume and your make-up
Like a flower that's never watered
You're holding on for the traveller who spent
A far distant unforgettable sunset
And with a voice that your gentle soul held true
A love lied to you.
And who then kissed you and left
Never to return.

Where is his tenderness
Where is his passion,
Now it's nothing more than bitterness,
Your beloved dream...
Along the long road
You saw him go,
And today your only fate is
To wait and wait and wait.

Peering out of your window, you see
The years passing by,
And your eyes, tired from crying
Look only for he who has gone...
But don't wait for the cruel one who awoke
The tenderness that exists in your soul as a woman
Country girl who dreamed
You have to convince yourself
That love touched your heart and walked away
Never to return...

English translation by Paul Bottomer ©

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