Текст и перевод песни Osvaldo Pugliese - Un Baile A Beneficio

Un Baile A Beneficio

Con el lungo Pantaleón,
Pepino y el Loco Juan,
El Peludo Santillán,
Tito y el Chueco Ramón,
Salimos con la intención
De ir a un bailongo fulero
A beneficio de un reo
Que se hallaba engayolado
En Devoto y acusado
Por asuntos de choreo.

Al buffet por la bebida
Fui con Tito y el Peludo,
Que ya estaba medio mudo
Por la curda que tenía;
Pero ahí encontré una cría
Chupando que daba gusto.
Estaba el violero Augusto,
Gatillo, el cortao Potranca
Y el Zorro, con una tranca
Que con verlo daba susto.

Y entre el ambiente de minas
Estaban las de Mendieta
Con la flaca Pañoleta,
La Paja Brava y la China,
Pichota, la Golondrina,
La mechera Encarnación,
La Bizca del Corralón,
La Grela de Puñalada,
Sarita de la Cortada,
Y la Parda del Callejón.
Era un ambiente bastante

En el baile, meta y ponga,
Era brava la negrada;
Y, entre cortes y quebradas,
Se mandaban la milonga.
Una negra media conga
Bailando con un chabón,
Le dio al Loco un pisotón
Propiamente en el juanete:
Si Santillán no se mete
El Loco le da un piñón.

Pero un petiso careta
Al Loco le dio un sopapo;
Cayó lo mismo que sapo
Haciendo sonar la jeta.
Intervino Pañoleta
Para arreglar la cuestión,
El petiso para un rincón
Se las quería picar,
Pero lo hizo sonar
De un tortazo Pantaleón.

Después se armó la podrida:
Piñas, patadas, bancazos...
Santillán tiró un balazo
Con un chumbo que tenía.
Toda la gente corría,
Quedó la casa pelada;
Pa′ terminar la velada
Yo me llevé un bandoneón,
Un Piloto, Pantaleón,
Y el Loco la jeta hinchada.

A Charity Ball

With Lungo Pantaleón,
Pepino and Crazy Juan,
Hairy Santillán,
Tito and Hunchback Ramón,
We set out with the intention
Of going to a seedy dance
To benefit an inmate
Who was caged in Devoto
And accused
Of theft.

I went to the buffet for some drinks
With Tito and Hairy,
Who was already half-mute
From the booze he'd had;
But there I found a girl
Drinking with delight.
There was the violinist Augusto,
Gatillo, the ham-fisted Stallion
And the Fox, with a club
That was terrifying to look at.

And among the women
Were the Mendieta girls
With the skinny Pañoleta,
Straw-head Brava and China,
Pichota, the Swallow,
Encarnación the igniter,
One-Eyed of the Yard,
Grela of Stabbing,
Sarita of the Alley,
And the Parda of the Street.
It was quite an atmosphere

At the dance, push and shove,
The blacks were tough;
And, between cuts and breaks,
They sent out the milonga.
A half-breed black woman
Dancing with a guy,
Gave the Crazy One a stomp
Right on his bunion:
If Santillán hadn't stepped in
The Crazy One would have given him a punch.

But a short, masked guy
Gave the Crazy One a slap;
He went down like a toad
With his mug ringing.
Pañoleta intervened
To settle the dispute,
The short guy headed for a corner
He wanted to get out of there,
But Pantaleón gave him a warning
With a slap.

Then all hell broke loose:
Punches, kicks, and table banging...
Santillán fired a shot
With a bullet he had.
Everyone was running,
The house was empty;
To end the evening
I took an accordion,
A Piloto, Pantaleón,
And the Crazy One with his swollen face.