Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Cobardia

Cobardia

No se que daño he hecho yo pa' merecer
Esta cadena inaguantable de dolor
Que cuando no te beso no puedo respirar
Y siento que me ahogan tus labios al besar.
De sufrir tanto perdí la dignidad
Y no me importa saber que me engañas.
No ves que necesito de vos? Te quiero ver.
Háblame como siempre. Decí que me querés.

Yo se que es mentira
Todo lo que estas diciendo,
Que soy en tu vida
Solo un remordimiento.
Yo se que es de pena
Que mentís pa' no matarme
Lo se, y sin embargo
Sin esa mentira no puedo vivir.

Anoche mismo lo he podido comprobar
Que ni la puerta de esta casa respetas,
Yo vi con estos ojos los besos que te dio
Y oí que se reían burlándose los dos.
Humildemente sin embargo ya lo ves
Yo te pregunto: Todavía me querés?
Y cerrando los ojos escucho que juras
Que nunca me engañaste, que no me olvidaras...

Cowardice

I don't know what I've done to deserve
This unbearable chain of pain
That when I don't kiss you I can't breathe
And I feel your lips suffocate me when we kiss.
From suffering so much I lost my dignity
And I don't care to know that you deceive me.
Don't you see that I need you? I want to see you.
Talk to me like you always do. Tell me you love me.

I know it's a lie
Everything you're saying,
That I am only
A regret in your life.
I know it's out of pity
That you lie to keep me from dying.
I know it, and yet
Without that lie I cannot live.

Last night I was able to prove it
That you don't even respect the door of this house,
I saw with my own eyes the kisses he gave you
And I heard the two of you laughing and mocking me.
Humbly, however, you see
I ask you: Do you still love me?
And closing my eyes I listen to you swear
That you never cheated on me, that you won't forget me...