Paroles et traduction Alberto Echagüe - El Tigre Millan

El Tigre Millan

Picao de viruela, bastante morocho,
Encrespao el pelo, lo mismo que mota,
Un hondo barbijo, a su cara rota,
Le daba el aspecto de taita matón,
De carácter hosco, bien fornido y fuerte,
Afrontó el peligro, cual bravo titán,
Jamás tuvo miedo, ni aún ante la muerte,
Pues era muy honbre, el Tigre Millán.
Pobre Tigre que una noche en Puente Alsina,
Dos cobardes lo mataron a traición
Era guapo de esos guapos mas temidos,
Que la punta desgarrante de un facón,
Mala suerte pobre, Tigre siempre tuvo,
En cuestiones de escolazo y de amor,
Pues no era bien parecido, y fatálmente metido, con la mujer que adoró,
Nunca fue correspondido y ella al fin lo traicionó.

RECITADO

Cuentan que una noche,
Bramó como fiera,
En un entrevero que hasta hoy se comenta,
Repartiendo hachazos era una tormenta,
Mostró su coraje venciendo a un malón.

Parece mentira que hombres de su laya,
Mueran siempre a mano de un ruin cobardón,
Hoy la muchachada, Tigre, te recuerda,
Y aquella culpable, llora su traición.

The Tigre Millan

Pockmarked, quite dark,
Curly fur, just like a sheepskin,
A deep goatee, on his broken face,
Gave him the appearance of a killer father,
Of a sullen character, well-built and strong,
He faced danger, like a brave titan,
He was never afraid, not even in the face of death,
Because he was a man, the Tigre Millan.
Poor Tigre, one night in Puente Alsina,
Two cowards killed him by treachery
He was handsome, one of the most feared handsome men,
That the ripping tip of a knife,
Bad luck, poor Tigre always had,
In matters of school and love,
Because he was not handsome, and fatally involved with the woman he adored,
He was never reciprocated, and in the end she betrayed him.

RECITED

They say that one night,
He roared like a beast,
In a fight that is still talked about today,
Dealing blows, he was a storm,
He showed his courage by defeating an evil one.

It seems a lie that men of his ilk,
Always die at the hands of a vile coward,
Today the kids, Tigre, remember you,
And that guilty one, cries for her betrayal.