Al Verla Pasar (As I Saw Her Pass)
Music: Joaquín Mora
Lyrics: José María Contursi
Translation: Felipe & Ayano
Recorded by Pedro Laurenz with Martín Podestá in 1942
Español
Ayer al verla pasar
me convencí
que no es posible volver
y comprendí
que todo se ha terminado,
que somos sombras de aquel pasado.
Con cuánta pena miré
lo que creí
sería mi salvación...
¡Pobre de mí!
Y en esa duda terrible
de hablarla
o no hablarla
mis pasos volví...
Pobrecita,
¡qué vieja y pálida estaba!
Sin brillo
sus negros ojos miraban...
La vida
quiso ensañarse con ella...
¡Pensar que fue tan bella
y que hoy el mundo la olvida!
Si supiera que yo también he cambiado,
que tengo mi espiritu destrozado,
que a veces
hasta en matarme he pensado,
pues todo, todo, todo
ha muerto ya para mí...
(Instrumental)
(Unsung part)
Después temblando me fui de aquel lugar
con unas ansias tan grandes de llorar...
Enloquecido de pena,
frío en el alma,
hielo en las venas...
Y anduve, así,
sin saber adónde ir,
sintiendo risas y burlas junto a mí. . .
Y hoy, al saberme perdido,
sin fuerzas, vencido,
no puedo vivir...
English
Yesterday as I saw her pass,
I convinced myself
that it's not possible to return
and I undertood
that everything has ended
that we are shadows from that past.
With how much sorrow I looked at
what I believed
it would be my salvation...
Poor thing I was!
And in that terrible doubt
of talking to her
or not talking to her
I retraced my steps...
Poor girl,
How old and pale she was!
Without shine,
her black eyes looked...
Life
was merciless with her...
To think how beautiful she was
and that today the world forgets about her!
If she knew that I, too, have changed,
that I have my spirit destroyed,
that sometimes
I have even thought of killing myself
since everything, everything, everything
is already over for me.
(Instrumental)
(Unsung part)
Afterwards, I left that place, shaking
with such great anxiousness to cry...
Going mad from sorrow,
cold in the soul,
ice in the veins...
And roaming like this,
not knowing where to go,
feeling laughter and mockery around me...
And today, feeling lost,
without strength, defeated
I cannot live...