Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Hopa, Hopa, Hopa

Hopa, Hopa, Hopa

Cuasi anochecido, cerquita 'e mi rancho
Cuando con mis penas conversaba a solas
Sentí ayer ruidaje, como de pezuñas
Y el grito campero de: "hopa, hopa, hopa"

Salí, y en lo escuro, vide a uno de poncho
Llevando a los tientos, lazo y boleadoras
Que al tranco espacioso de un matungo zaino
Arreaba animales que parecían sombras

"Párese, aparcero; párese y disculpe"
Le dije: "¿qué bichos lleva en esa tropa?
"Voy pa' la tablada de los gauchos zonzos
A venderles miles de esperanzas gordas"

Si el mercao promete, y engolosinao
Vuelve pa' estos pagos en procura de otra
No olvide que tengo mis potreros llenos
Y hasta 'e regalo se las cedo todas

Sonrióse el tropero, que era el desengaño
Taloneó al matungo derecho a las sombras
Y aún traía a mis oídos el viento en la noche
Su grito campero de: "hopa, hopa, hopa"
Y aún traía a mis oídos el viento en la noche
Su grito campero de: "hopa, hopa, hopa"

Hopa, Hopa, Hopa

Near dusk, near my ranch
When I was confiding in my sorrows alone
I heard a noise like hoofbeats
And the countryside cry of "hopa, hopa, hopa"

I went out and in the dark I saw a man in a poncho
Carrying a lasso, and bolas on his saddle
Riding slowly on a dark horse
Herding animals that looked like shadows

"Stop, my friend; stop and forgive me"
I said, "what creatures are you driving in that herd?"
"I'm going to the market of foolish cowboys
To sell them thousands of fat hopes"

If the market is promising and they're eager
He'll come back to these lands in search of another
Don't forget that my fields are full
And I'll give them all to you as a gift

The cowboy smiled, he was disappointment
He spurred the dark horse into the shadows
And the wind still carried to my ears in the night
His countryside cry of "hopa, hopa, hopa"
And the wind still carried to my ears in the night
His countryside cry of "hopa, hopa, hopa"