Zorro Gris (Grey Fox)
Lyrics: Francisco García Jiménez
Translation: Felipe & Ayano
Music: Rafael Tuegols
Recorded by Alfredo De Angelis with Oscar Larroca in 1952*
Español
Cuantas noches fatídicas de vicio
tus ilusiones dulces de mujer,
como las rosas de una loca orgía
les deshojaste en el cabaret.
Y tras la farsa del amor mentido
al alejarte del Armenonville,
era el intenso frío de tu alma
lo que abrigabas con tu zorro gris.
Al fingir carcajadas de gozo
entre el oro fugaz del champán,
reprimías adentro del pecho
un deseo tenaz de llorar.
(Instrumental)
(Unsung Part)
Y al pensar, entre un beso y un tango,
en tu humilde pasado feliz,
ocultabas las lágrimas santas
en los pliegues de tu zorro gris.
Por eso toda tu angustiosa historia
en esa prenda gravitando está.
Ella guardó tus lágrimas sagradas,
ella abrigó tu frío espiritual.
Y cuando llegue en un cercano día
a tus dolores el ansiado fin,
todo el secreto de tu vida triste
se quedará dentro del zorro gris.
(Instrumental)
Y tras la farsa del amor mentido
al alejarte del Armenonville,
era el intenso frío de tu alma
lo que abrigabas con tu zorro gris.
English
How many fateful vicious nights
you stripped off your sweet hopes of a woman,
like roses of a mad orgy in the cabaret.
And after the sham of the fake love
as you left the Armenonville (cabaret),
it was the intense coldness of your soul
that you wrap up with your grey fox fur.
Faking guffaws of joy
among the brief gold of champagne
you suppressed inside your chest
a strong desire to cry.
(Instrumental)
(Unsung Part)
And when thinking, between a kiss and a tango,
in your humble happy past,
you hid innocent tears
in the folds of your grey fox fur.
That’s why all your anguished story
is gravitating around that garment.
It saved your innocent tears,
it kept you warm from your spiritual coldness.
And when the day comes soon
to bring the long-awaited end to your suffering,
all the secret of your gloomy life
will stay inside the grey fox fur.
(Instrumental)
And after the sham of the fake love
as you left the Armenonville (cabaret),
it was the intense coldness of your soul
that you wrap up with your grey fox fur.
Note: Quinteto Pirincho and Enrique Rodríguez recorded it as instrumental in 1958 and 1946 as well as many other orchestras such as Juan D'Arienzo.