Текст и перевод песни Carlos Gardel - As de Carton

As de Carton

Contando sus proezas en un boliche
Un guapo que de grupo se hizo cartel,
A giles engrupía pa' chupar de ojo
Son famosas hazañas que no eran de él

Conocedor de frases y de modales
De la jerga fulera del arrabal
Les contaba combates fenomenales
En que siempre jugaba rol principal.

Pero cayó una noche un veterano
Cuando éste hacía los cuentos de folletín
Y arrancó la careta al falso guapo
Dejándole la propia de malandrín

"Vos cebabas el mate en una timba
Que en la cueva tenía don Melitón
Y fuiste mandadero e' los cafiolos
Y venís ahora a contarla de gran matón"

"Te llamaban el ganso porque de otario
Tenías bien ganada tu credencial
Y tu chanza mejor fue aquel prontuario
Por ladrón de gallinas en un corral"

Y a rematar la suerte cayó al boliche
La mujer del famoso as de cartón
Y diciéndole "fiera, rajá pa' adentro,
Barréme bien la pieza! cuidá el buyón."

Y el que contaba sus hazañas entre infelices
De reñidas peleas que dominó
Murmurando entre dientes refunfunea: "ya no habemos más guapos, viejo...
Qué le vas a hacer! Todo acabó!

Ace of Cardboard

Recounting his feats in a bar
A guapo who turned himself into a celebrity
He duped fools to impress them
Famous exploits that weren't his

Skilled in phrases and gestures
Of the underworld's lingo
He told of phenomenal battles
In which he always played the lead role.

But one night a veteran appeared
When he was telling his comic book tales
And he tore off the mask of the false guapo
Revealing his true identity as a crook

"You used to make mate in a gambling den
That don Melitón owned in the cave
And you were an errand boy for pimps
And now you come here to brag about being a big shot"

"They called you the goose because as a sucker
You lived up to your reputation
And your best joke was that record
For stealing chickens from a coop"

And to finish him off, the wife of the famous ace of cardboard
Came to the bar
And said "Darling, go inside,
Sweep the floor! And watch the soup."

And he who boasted of his exploits among the weak
Of fierce fights that he had won
Muttered under his breath: "We're all washed up, old man...
What can you do! It's all over!