Tristeza Criolla (Creole Sadness)
Tristeza Criolla (Creole Sadness)
Music: Ignacio Corsini & Julián De Charras
Lyrics: Ignacio Corsini & Julián De Charras
Translation: Felipe & Ayano
Recorded by Angel D'Agostino with Angel Vargas in 1945
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Ya en el rancho no nacen las flores
Ni se ve la guitarra colgada,
Ya no escucha la verde enramada
El idilio campero de ayer.
Ya no se oyen rodar las espuelas
Zapateando un malambo en la siega,
Ni se escuchan los “tristes” de Vega
Recordando el perdido querer.
La morocha... de ojos negros
Ya en tardes de primavera,
Recostada... en la tranquera
No espera más el zorzal.
Y el paisano no atraviesa
La misteriosa laguna,
Ni se oye... en noches de luna
El Pericón Nacional.
(Instrumental)
Y el paisano no atraviesa
La misteriosa laguna,
Ni se oye... en noches de luna
El Pericón Nacional.
(Unsung part)
Ya todo eso llevaron los años
Ya no cruza, veloz, el “pampero”,
Y en las cañas, sostén del alero
No se para el jilguero a cantar.
Esa pampa callada es la tumba
De recuerdos que mi alma no olvida,
La tapera, su loza impulida
Y su cruz, el ombú secular.
English
English
Flowers no longer bloom at the ranch,
nor is the guitar seen hanging there;
the green gazebo no longer hears
the rustic romance of days gone by.
We don't hear the spurs going around
stomping a malambo during the harvest
nor hear the tristes (songs) by Vega
recalling a love now lost.
The dark eyed girl
on Spring afternoons
Leaning against the gate
no longer waits for the thrush (singing bird).
And the countryman no longer crosses
the mysterious lake
nor he hears in the moonlit night
music of the National Pericon.
(Instrumental)
And the countryman no longer crosses
the mysterious lake
nor he hears in the moonlit night
music of the National Pericon.
(Unsung part)
The years have already taken away all that
The "Pampero" wind no longer crosses fast
and the goldfinch no longer perches
on the reed-thatched eaves to sing.
That silent pampa is the tomb of memories
my soul cannot forget;
the ruined homestead is its unpolished headstone,
and the ancient ombú tree, its cross.
Note: This song was written, performed, and made famous by Ignacio Corsini in 1912, "cantor nacional".
Both Malambo and Pericon are a type of Argentine folk music and dance.
Tristes is an old form of Argentine folk singing and improvised poetry.
Julián De Charras
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