Paroles et traduction Oscar Chavez - El Tango Alegre

El Tango Alegre

Este era un pobre hombre
Que era cojo, era manco y era jorobao
Estaba casi ciego no tenia dinero
Y la tuberculosis lo había minao

Su madre disoluta su padre era un perdido
Su mujer lo engañaba con su único amigo
Cuatro hijitas que tuvo la lepra las mato
Y a su único hijito lo atropello un camión

Un día se fue a la iglesia a dar gracias a Dios
Y entrando una cornisa encima le callo
Y cuando agonizaba una blasfemia hecho chin.
Fue su único pecado murió y se condeno

Estando en el infierno
Se le oía decir:
Esto es vida che, esto es vivir.

The Cheerful Tango

This was a poor man
Who was limping, crippled, and hunchbacked
He was almost blind, he had no money
And tuberculosis had undermined him

His mother was a dissolute, his father was a wastrel
His wife cheated on him with his only friend
Four little girls he had, leprosy killed them
And his only son was run over by a truck

One day he went to church to give thanks to God
And entering a cornice fell on him
And when he was dying, he uttered a blasphemy.
It was his only sin, he died and was condemned.

Being in hell
He was heard to say:
This is life, baby, this is living.