Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - A La Luz Del Candil

A La Luz Del Candil

Me da su permiso, señor comisario
Disculpe si vengo muy mal entrazado
Yo soy forastero y he caído al rosario
Llevando a los tientos un buen entripado

Quizás usted piense que soy un matrero
Yo soy gaucho honrado a carta cabal
No soy ni borracho ni soy un cuatrero
Señor comisario yo soy criminal

Arrésteme sargento y póngame cadenas
Si soy un delincuente que me perdone Dios

Yo he sido un criollo bueno, me llamo Alberto Arenas
Señor, me traicionaban y los maté a los dos
Mi china fue malvada, mi amigo era un sotreta
Mientras me fui a otro pago, me basureó la infiel

Las pruebas de la infamia, las traigo en la maleta
Las trenzas de mi china y el corazón de él

No apriete sargento, que no me retobo
Yo quiero que sepan la verdad de a mil
La noche era oscura como boca de lobo
Testigo, solito, la luz de un candil

Total, casi nada, un beso en la sombra
Dos cuerpos cayeron y una maldición
Y allí, comisario, si usted no se asombra
Yo encontré dos vainas para mi facón

Arrésteme, sargento y póngame cadenas
Si soy un delincuente que me perdone Dios

By the Light of the Candle

Madam Officer, I hope I'm not intruding,
Sorry if I'm dressed in an appalling manner
I'm an outsider here, I've come to confess
My feelings are raw, and my heart is distressed

Perhaps you think I'm a sly outlaw
But I'm a gaucho, a man of my word
I'm neither a drunkard nor a rustler
Madam Officer, I'm a criminal, sir

Arrest me, Sergeant, and put me in chains
If I'm a lawbreaker, may God forgive me

I was once a good gaucho, my name was Alberto Arenas
Madam, I was betrayed, so I killed them both
My woman was wicked, my friend was a scoundrel
When I went away, that unfaithful woman found another

I brought the evidence of her treachery in my bag
My woman's braids and his heart

Don't squeeze me, Sergeant, I won't resist
I want everyone to know the truth
The night was dark, like a wolf's mouth
The only witness was the light of a single candle

It was nothing really, just a kiss in the shadows
Two bodies fell, and a curse was uttered
And there, Officer, if you're not surprised
I found two sheaths for my knife

Arrest me, Sergeant, and put me in chains
If I'm a lawbreaker, may God forgive me