Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Cuando Volveras

Cuando Volveras

Flor marchita, flor enferma,
Flor del lujo y del placer,
Sos la linda vampiresa
Y la pálida princesa
De aquel verso de Musset.
Sos la diosa, sos la reina
Del lujoso cabaret.
Sin embargo tu alegría
Es la enferma risa fría
De una anémica mujer.

Como aquellas mariposas
Que a la luz volando van,
Tus alitas se quemaron
Entre sedas y champán.
Por tus locos desvaríos
Cuántas noches llorarás,
Recordando a tu viejita
Y hasta aquel humilde hogar...

¿Quién te quiere? ¿Quién te ama,
Flor caída del rosal?
Vuelve pronto a tu casita
Donde está tu madrecita
Que te llora sin cesar...
Alma triste, alma errante,
¿Quién te empuja a lo fatal?
Hoy tu madre te reclama
Y con lágrimas te llama...
Cuándo. cuándo volverás?

When You Will Return

Wilted flower, sick flower,
Flower of luxury and pleasure,
You are the beautiful vampiress
And the pale princess
Of that verse by Musset.
You are the goddess, you are the queen
Of the luxurious cabaret.
However, your joy
Is the sick, cold laugh
Of an anemic woman.

Like those butterflies
That fly towards the light,
Your wings have been burned
Among silks and champagne.
For your crazy follies
How many nights will you cry,
Remembering your old lady
And even that humble home...

Who loves you? Who cares for you,
Flower fallen from the rosebush?
Return soon to your little house
Where your mother is
Who cries for you without ceasing...
Sad soul, wandering soul,
Who pushes you towards the fatal?
Today your mother calls you
And with tears she calls you...
When, when will you return?