Текст и перевод песни Azucena Maizani - No Salgas de Tu Barrio

No Salgas de Tu Barrio

No abandones tu costura,
Muchachita arrabalera,
A la luz de la modesta
Lamparita a kerosene...
No la dejés a tu vieja
Ni a tu calle, ni al convento,
Ni al muchacho sencillote
Que suplica tu querer.
Desecha los berretines
Y los novios milongueros
Que entre rezongos del fuelle
¡te trabajan de chiqué!

No salgas de tu barrio, sé buena muchachita
Casate con un hombre que sea como vos
Y aún en la miseria sabrás vencer tu pena
Y ya llegará un día en que te ayude Dios.

Como vos, yo, muchachita
Era linda y era buena,
Era humilde y trabajaba
Como vos en un taller;
Dejé al novio que me amaba
Con respeto y con ternura,
Por un niño engominado
Que me trajo al cabaret;
Me enseñó todos sus vicios
Pisoteó mis ilusiones
Hizo de mí este despojo,
Muchachita, ¡que aquí ves!

Don't Leave Your Neighborhood

Don't give up your sewing,
Slum-dwelling damsel,
In the light of the modest
Kerosene lamp...
Don't leave your old woman
Nor your street, nor the convent,
Nor the simpleton boy
Who begs for your love.
Toss away the whims
And the milonguero suitors
Who among the bellows' grumbling
Work you over like a chump!

Don't leave your neighborhood, be a good girl
Marry a man who's just like you
And even in poverty you'll know how to overcome your sorrow
And the day will come when God will help you.

Like you, I girl
Was pretty and good,
Was humble and worked
Like you in a workshop;
I left the boyfriend who loved me
With respect and with tenderness,
For a slick-haired boy
Who brought me to the cabaret;
He taught me all his vices
He crushed my illusions
He made of me this wreck,
My dear, that you see here!