Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Por Seguidora Y Por Fiel

Por Seguidora Y Por Fiel

La más bonita del patio
Salió para el almacén
Sintiendo que a su costado
Alguno le hacía el tren

Palpitó el apuntamento
Y los pasos apuró
Quiso correr, pero el mozo
Entró a jugar y copó

Tenorio del suburbio que se ha engrupido
Que por él las pebetas viven chaladas
Y alardea de triunfos que ha conseguido
Con mujeres en timbas y a puñaladas
El barrio lo respeta y entre la barra
Lo que él diga se puede dar por sentado
Bailarín y buen mozo, sabe de farras
Y corre con los gastos originados

Pero a la moza su fama
No la puede entusiasmar
Hay otro mozo que la ama
Y no le puede fallar

Y aunque en varias ocasiones
Airada lo rechazó
Él sigue en sus pretensiones
Porque jamás se achicó

Y él le pide de nuevo que sea buena
Que ponga sol de amores en sus mañanas
Que vea cómo sufre su enorme pena
Sin tener el consuelo de una esperanza
Y viendo que la mina no le contesta
Hace cruz con los dedos, que después besa
"Pensalo bien", le dice, "Si no, por ésta
Te marcaré la cara de oreja a oreja"

Y una noche hecha de luna
Se entrevistó en arrabal
Sintética noche triste
De crónica policial

Porque la horrible amenaza
Se cumplió cobarde y cruel
La mina lleva una marca
Por seguidora y por fiel

Por Seguidora Y Por Fiel

The prettiest girl in the yard
Went out to the store
Feeling that at her side
Someone was following her

She felt the stare
And quickened her pace
She wanted to run, but the waiter
Stepped in and blocked her way

A suburban Romeo who has become conceited
The girls are crazy about him
And he boasts of the victories he has won
With women in brawls and stabbings
The neighborhood respects him, and among the crowd
What he says can be taken for granted
A dancer and a handsome man, he knows about parties
And he pays for the expenses

But the girl is not impressed
By his reputation
There is another boy who loves her
And she cannot fail him

And although on several occasions
She has angrily rejected him
He continues to pursue her
Because he has never backed down

And he asks her again to be good
To bring sunshine into his mornings
To see how he suffers from his great pain
Without the comfort of a hope
And seeing that the girl does not answer him
He makes the sign of the cross with his fingers, which he then kisses
"Think carefully", he tells her, "If not, by this,
I will scar your face from ear to ear"

And one moonlit night
They met in the suburbs
A tragic night in brief
A police story

Because the horrible threat
Was carried out, cowardly and cruelly
The girl bears a scar
For being a follower and for being faithful