Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - La violeta

La violeta

Con el codo en la mesa mugrienta
Y la vista clavada en un sueño
Piensa el tano Domingo Polenta
En el drama de su inmigración

Y en la sucia cantina que canta
La nostalgia del viejo paese
Desafina su ronca garganta
Ya curtida de vino Carlón

E la Violeta, la va
La va, la va, la va
La va sul campo che lei si sognava
Che l′era suo Gigin che guardandole stava

El también busca su soñado bien
Desde aquel día, tan lejano ya
Que con su carga de ilusión saliera
Como la Violeta que la va, la va

Canzoneta de pago lejano
Que idealiza la sucia taberna
Y que brilla en los ojos del tano
Con la perla de algún lagrimón

La aprendió cuando vino con otros
Encerrado en la panza de un buque
Y es con ella metiendo batuque
Que consuela su desilusión

E la Violeta, la va
La va, la va, la va
La va sul campo che lei si sognava
Che l'era suo Gigin che guardandole stava

Cantaliere, portate bene
Stamo di festa, di festa tutta sera

The Violet

With his elbow on the dirty table
And his gaze fixed on a dream
Thinks the tan Domingo Polenta
Of the drama of his immigration

And in the dirty cantina sings
The nostalgia of the old paese
His hoarse throat now out of tune
Already hardened by Carlón's wine

And the Violet, she goes there
She goes, she goes, she goes
She goes in the field that she dreamed of
That was her Gigin who was looking at her

He also seeks her dreamland
Since that day, already so long ago
That with his load of illusions he left
Like the Violet that goes there, she goes there

Song of a distant land
That idealizes the dirty tavern
And that shines in the eyes of the tan
With the pearl of some tear

He learned it when he came with others
Locked in the belly of a ship
And it is with it, drumming along
That he consoles his disappointment

And the Violet, she goes there
She goes, she goes, she goes
She goes in the field that she dreamed of
That was her Gigin who was looking at her

Cantaliere, behave yourself
We're celebrating, celebrating all evening