Lyrics and translation Alfredo Sadel - Tomo y Obligo

Tomo y Obligo

TOMO Y OBLIGO-ALFREDO SADEL
Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago
Que necesito el recuerdo matar.
Sin un amigo, lejos del pago,
Quiero en su pecho mi pena volcar.
Beba conmigo, y si se empaña
De vez en cuando mi voz al cantar
No es que la llore porque me engaña,
Yo se que un hombre no debe llorar.
Si los pastos conversaran esta pampa le diría
Con que fiebre la quería, de que modo la adore.
Cuantas veces de rodillas, tembloroso,
Yo me he hincado
Bajo el árbol deshojado donde un día la bese.
Y hoy al verla envilecida, a otros brazos entregada,
Fue pa'mi una puñalada y de celos me cegué.
Y le juro, todavía no consigo convencerme
Como pude contenerme y ahí nomás no la mate.
Tomo y obligo, mándese un trago
De las mujeres mejor no hay que hablar.
Todas, amigos, dan un mal pago
Y hoy mi experiencia lo puede afirmar.
Siga un consejo, no se enamore
Y si una vuelta le toca hocicar,
Fuerza canejo, sufra y no llore
Que un hombre macho no debe llorar.

I Drink and I Swear

I DRINK AND I SWEAR-ALFREDO SADEL
I drink and I swear, have a drink
That I need to kill the memory.
Without a friend, far from home,
I want to pour out my troubles on his chest.
Drink with me, and if my voice becomes hoarse
From time to time when I sing,
It's not that I'm crying because she cheated on me,
I know that a man should not cry.
If the grasslands could talk, this plain would tell her
With what fever I loved her, how I adored her.
How many times on my knees, trembling,
I've prostrated myself
Beneath the leafless tree where one day I kissed her.
And today to see her degraded, given to other arms,
Was a stab in the heart for me and I was blinded with jealousy.
And I swear, I still can't convince myself
How I was able to contain myself and not kill her right there.
I drink and I swear, have a drink
It's better not to talk about women.
All, my friends, are a bad bargain
And my experience today can confirm it.
Take my advice, don't fall in love
And if one day you happen to fall on your face,
Strength, man, suffer and don't cry
That a manly man should not cry.