Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Isla de Flores

Isla de Flores

Isla de Flores, tan angostita
Mi callecita costa del mar
En tus casuchas nacieron todos
Los más coperos del arrabal
Y cuantas noches a mis oídos
Llegaron ruidos del guitarrear
Y en las heridas del conventillo
Me hicieron taura para tanguear

Calle, de mis primeros principios
Fuiste donde comencé a topar
Calle, por ti me hice milonguero
Me embriagué con tu bullicio
Y el tango ha sido mi vicio
En mi vida de arrabal

Y aunque he sufrido en esta ausencia
Las consecuencias de un berretín
Por ti he perdido a mi viejecita
Mis 20 abriles, todo perdí
Y los recuerdos aún no han borrado
Mi cruel passado, mi horrible mal
Yo te perdono, nada reprocho
Mi callecita, costa del mar

Calle, de mis primeros principios
Fuiste donde comencé a topar
Calle, por ti me hice milonguero
Me embriagué con tu bullicio
Y el tango ha sido mi vicio
En mi vida de arrabal

Isla de Flores

Flower Island, so narrow
My little street by the sea
In your little houses were born all
The most famous singers of the neighborhood
And how many nights my ears
Heard the sound of guitars
And in the broken down houses
They made me tough enough to sing

Street of my early days
It was where I started to find my way
Street, because of you I became a milonguero
I got drunk on your bustle
And tango has been my vice
In my life in the neighborhood

And although I have suffered in this absence
The consequences of a whim
Because of you I lost my old woman
My 20 years, I lost everything
And the memories have not yet erased
My cruel past, my horrible evil
I forgive you, I reproach nothing
My little street, by the sea

Street of my early days
It was where I started to find my way
Street, because of you I became a milonguero
I got drunk on your bustle
And tango has been my vice
In my life in the neighborhood