La Cieguita Lyrics in English Carlos Gardel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Cieguita by Carlos Gardel from Spanish to English.
A pesar del mucho tiempo
Despite the long time
Desde entonces transcurrido
Since then elapsed
Aún mi pecho conmovido
My chest is still moved
Se recuerda con dolor
It is remembered with pain
De aquel día que, en paseo
From that day when, on a walk
Vino a un banco una cieguita
A blind girl came to a bank
Y a su lado una viejita
And next to her an old lady
Que era su guía y su amor
That was the guide of her and her love
Y observé que la chiquita
And I observed that the little girl
De ojos grandes y vacíos
With big and empty eyes
Escuchaba el griterío
I heard the shouting
De otras nenas al saltar
From other girls when jumping
Y la oí que amargamente
And I heard her bitterly
En un son que era de queja
In a sound that was a complaint
Preguntábale a la vieja
I asked the old woman
¿Por qué yo no he de jugar?
Why shouldn't I play?
Y a punto fijo no sé
And at a fixed point I don't know
Si el dolor que sentí
If the pain that I felt
Fue escuchando la voz de la nena
He was listening to the girl's voice
O fue que cuando miré
Or was it that when I looked
A su vieja advertí
I warned his old woman
Que lloraba en silencio su pena
That she silently cried her sorrow
¡Ay, cieguita!
Oh, blind girl!
Dije yo con gran pesar
I said with great regret
Ven conmigo, pobrecita
Come with me, poor thing
Le di un beso y la cieguita
I gave her a kiss and the blind girl
Tuvo ya con quien jugar
She already had someone to play with
Y fue así que diariamente
And so it was that daily
Al llegar con su viejita
When he arrived with his old lady
Me buscaba la cieguita
The blind girl was looking for me
Con tantísimo interés
With so much interest
¡Qué feliz era la pobre
How happy the poor girl was
Cuando junto a mi llegaba
When she arrived next to me
Y con sus mimos lograba
And with her pampering she managed
Que jugásemos los tres!
Let the three of us play!
Pero un día, bien me acuerdo
But one day, I remember well
No fue más que la viejita
It was nothing more than the old lady
Que me dijo: La cieguita
That she told me: The blind girl
Está a punto de expirar
She is about to expire
Fuí corriendo hasta su cuna
I ran to his crib
La cieguita se moría
The blind girl was dying
Y al morirse me decía
And when she died she told me
¿Con quén vas ahora a jugar?
What are you going to play with now?
Y a punto fijo no sé
And at a fixed point I don't know
Si el dolor que sentí
If the pain that I felt
Fue escuchando el adiós de la nena
He was listening to the baby's goodbye
O fue que cuando miré
Or was it that when I looked
A su vieja advertí
I warned his old woman
Que lloraba en silencio su pena
That she silently cried her sorrow
¿Ay, cieguita!
Oh, blind girl!
Yo no te podré olvidar
I won't be able to forget you
Pues me acuerdo de mi hijita
Well I remember my little daughter
Que también era cieguita
That she was also blind
Y no podía jugar
And she couldn't play
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