Paroles et traduction Edmundo Rivero - La Toalla Mojada

La Toalla Mojada

Era un ambiente turbio de nocheras,
Cerca de la cañada.
Había una milonga, en chantecler,
Alias toalla mojada.

Era un ambiente espeso de varones,
Sacadores de minas y malandras.
Había un tallador y lo llamaban,
Por nombre, Aldo Saravia.

No había escruche, ni peca, ni a copera
Que no diera mancada
Y a la chichi toyufa la fajaba
Con su toalla mojada.

Por eso era famosa esa milonga,
Por ese Aldo Saravia,
Tallador de la vida y de sus cosas,
Por su pinta y su labia.

Nunca hubo shomería en sus acciones,
Ni taquero que sacara tajada,
Cuando él incursionaba papelitos
Sin darse la fajada.

Por eso me gustaba la milonga
De la toalla mojada,
Porque estaba el ambiente que yo quiero
Y el macho Aldo Saravia,
Que le fajó hasta el nombre al chantecler
Con su toalla mojada.

Wet Towel

It was a dark and gritty 夜晚
Near the creek.
There was a milonga, in Chantecler,
Nicknamed Wet Towel.

It was an intense atmosphere of men,
Miners and thugs.
There was a dealer, called
Aldo Saravia by name.

There was no cheating, no sinners, no coppers
Who didn't get away with anything
And the plump toyufa was subdued
With his wet towel.

That's why that milonga was famous,
Because of Aldo Saravia,
Dealer of life and its trappings
With his style and charm.

There was never any lying in his actions,
No hustler who could get ahead
When he put up little papers
Without getting into a fight.

That's why I liked the milonga
Of the Wet Towel
Because it had the atmosphere I like
And the macho Aldo Saravia,
Who even gave Chantecler a name
With his wet towel.