Milongueando (Dancing The Milonga)
MILONGA
Music: Francisco Canaro
Lyrics: Francisco Pracánico
Translation: Felipe & Ayano
Recorded by Francisco Canaro with Ernesto Famá in 1939
Yo soy del tango milonga, señor
El que ayer se desvelaba de amor
Porque latió muy suave mi corazón
Cuando recién soñaba
Yo soy del tango malevo y sensual
El que nunca ha conocido rival
Mi corazón sensible pero de ley
Nunca lloró tu querer
Y milongueando
Al son porteño
De un bandoneón
Quiero vivir
Y milongueando
ya no siento aquel tormento
Que al corazón hace sufrir
Y en la milonga
Todo se olvida
Nadie rezonga
Dicha perdida
Y al ritmo alegre
que hace estremecer
Busco en el baile
dicha y placer
(Instrumental)
I belong to the tango—the milonga, sir—
The one who, in days gone by, kept sleepless vigils for love;
For my heart beat ever so softly
When it was just beginning to dream.
I belong to the tango—the *malevo*, the sensual kind—
The kind that has never known a rival.
My heart—sensitive, yet true to its code—
Never shed a tear over your affection.
And dancing the milonga—
To the *porteño* rhythm
Of a bandoneón—
Is how I wish to live.
And while dancing the milonga,
I no longer feel that torment
Which causes the heart such suffering;
For in the milonga,
Everything is forgotten;
No one complains
Of happiness lost;
And to the joyful rhythm
that sends shivers through me,
I seek both bliss and pleasure
in the dance
(Instrumental)