Paroles et traduction Héctor Varela - Moneda De Cobre

Moneda De Cobre

Tu padre era rubio, borracho y malevo,
Tu madre era negra con labios malvón.
Mulata naciste con ojos de cielo
Y mota en el pelo de negro carbón.
Creciste entre el lodo de un barrio muy pobre,
Cumpliste veinte años en un cabaret.
Y ahora te llaman moneda de cobre
Porque vieja y triste muy poco valés.

Moneda de cobre,
Yo sé que ayer fuiste hermosa;
Yo con tus alas de rosa
Te vi volar mariposa
Y después te vi caer...
Moneda de fango,
¡Qué bien bailabas el tango!...
Yo sé que ayer fuiste hermosa,
Como una reina de bronce,
Allá en el "Folies Berger."

Copper Coin

Your father was blond, a drunk, and mischievous,
Your mother was black with mauve lips.
You were born mulatto with sky-colored eyes
And a black coal afro.
You grew up in the mud of a very poor neighborhood,
You turned twenty in a cabaret.
And now they call you a copper coin
Because you are old and sad and worth very little.

Copper coin,
I know that you were once beautiful;
I saw you, with your rose-colored wings,
Flying like a butterfly,
And then I saw you fall...
Mud coin,
How well you danced the tango!...
I know that you were once beautiful,
Like a bronze queen,
Standing there at the "Folies Berger."