Oro De Ley

Oro De Ley (Law of Gold)

Music: Román Juri
Lyrics: Carlos Waiss
Translation: Felipe & Ayano
Recorded by Juan D'Arienzo with Alberto Echagüe in 1944

Yo soy un mozo cantor
Fogueado de tanto andar,
Tuve una pena de amor
Quien sabe dónde andará.

Mi nombre es el de Juan Cruz
Y por mi orgullo mejor,
De sur a norte alumbrar
Me dicen el ruiseñor.

Les traigo a flor de los labios
Las canciones que me pidan,
Yo sé cerrar una herida
Y hacer olvidar agravios.

Volqué mi acento en los barrios
Y en cualquier sitio que fuere,
Que no canta aquel que quiere
Si no el que sabe cantar.

(Instrumental)

I am a singing lad,
Tempered by a life of wandering;
I once bore a heartache—
Who knows where it might now roam?

My name is Juan Cruz,
And—to my greatest pride—
For shedding light from south to north,
They call me "The Nightingale."

I bring to you, fresh upon my lips,
Whatever songs you may request;
I know how to heal a wound
And help you forget past wrongs.

I poured my voice into the neighborhoods,
And into every place I roamed;
For it is not he who merely wishes
Who truly sings, but he who knows how.

(Instrumental)

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