La Milonga de Buenos Aires by Francisco Canaro, sung by Ernesto Fama
Al son de tu majestad
hoy pasar te vi
por mi gran ciudad,
y en vos descurbí
que la imagen sos
de una que olvidé,
y que, como vos,
porteña fue…
Sos la flor de Buenos Aires,
porteñita primorosa,
digna nieta de la bella
que paseaba majestuosa,
en aquella gran aldea
de ventanas coloniales
y patrullas federales.
Sos la flor de Buenos Aires
porteñita idolatrada,
copia fiel
de aquella estampa
que hace tiempo que se fue.
hoy pasar te vi
por mi gran ciudad,
y en vos descurbí
que la imagen sos
de una que olvidé,
y que, como vos,
porteña fue…
Sos la flor de Buenos Aires,
porteñita primorosa,
digna nieta de la bella
que paseaba majestuosa,
en aquella gran aldea
de ventanas coloniales
y patrullas federales.
Sos la flor de Buenos Aires
porteñita idolatrada,
copia fiel
de aquella estampa
que hace tiempo que se fue.
English (google) Translations
To the sound of your majesty
today, I saw you
for my big city,
and in you I discovered
that the image is
from one that I forgot,
and that, like you,
porteña was …
You are the flower of Buenos Aires,
pretty porteñita,
worthy granddaughter of the beautiful
that she walked majestically,
in that big village
of colonial windows
and federal patrols.
You are the flower of Buenos Aires
idolized porteñita,
faithful copy
of that stamp
that has long since left.
today, I saw you
for my big city,
and in you I discovered
that the image is
from one that I forgot,
and that, like you,
porteña was …
You are the flower of Buenos Aires,
pretty porteñita,
worthy granddaughter of the beautiful
that she walked majestically,
in that big village
of colonial windows
and federal patrols.
You are the flower of Buenos Aires
idolized porteñita,
faithful copy
of that stamp
that has long since left.
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