Paroles et traduction Carlos Gardel - Tras Cartón

Tras Cartón

Me citaste la otra noche
Ansioso por verte fui
Te busqué, te esperé mucho
Lo cierto es que no te vi
Entonces bien convencido
Que verte ya no podría
Me dije: "será otro día"
Y me fui pensando en ti

Yo me dije: "ya es seguro
Que algo grave le ha pasado
Porque nunca ella ha faltado
Siempre bien supo cumplir"
¡Qué noche, cuánto he sufrido!
Así llegó el nuevo día
Busqué verte y saber algo
Pero no lo conseguí

Al cabo de algunos días
Una carta recibí
En la que tú me decías
En pocas líneas, así:
"Te ruego que me perdones
Engañándote venía
Con otro amor que tenía
Para siempre a él me uní"

Tomé dos cartas de un naipe
Después de haberlas marcado
Las mezclé bien con cuidado
Para mi suerte jugar
Pronto pude comprobarlo
Que tu contra se había dado
Tras cartón habías quedado
Lo demás lo sabés ya

Me citaste la otra noche
Ansioso por verte fui
Te busqué, te esperé mucho
Lo cierto es que no te vi
Entonces bien convencido
Que verte ya no podría
Me dije: "Será otro día"
Y me fui pensando en ti

Tras Cartón

You asked me out the other night
I was eager to see you
I looked for you, I waited for you
The truth is I didn't see you
So, then, fully convinced
That by now I wouldn't see you again
I said to myself: "It'll be another day"
And I left and thought of you

I said to myself: "It's certain
That something serious has happened
Because she has never failed
She has always been able to keep her word"
What a night, how much I suffered!
And so, a new day came
I looked for you and tried to find out something
But I couldn't do it

A few days later
I received a letter
In which you told me
In a few lines, like this:
"I beg you to forgive me
I lied to you
With another love that I had
I have united with him forever"

I took two cards from a deck
After having marked them
I mixed them well carefully
To play my luck
Soon I was able to see
That your opponent had been dealt
You had been left tras cartón
You know the rest

You asked me out the other night
I was eager to see you
I looked for you, I waited for you
The truth is I didn't see you
So, then, fully convinced
That by now I wouldn't see you again
I said to myself: "It'll be another day"
And I left and thought of you