Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Silbando by Carlos Gardel from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Una calle en Barracas al sur
A street in Barracas to the south
Una noche de verano
A summer night
Cuando el cielo es mas azul
When the sky is bluer
Y mas dulzón el canto del barco italiano
And sweeter the song of the Italian boat
Con su luz mortecina, un farol
With its dying light, a lantern
Con las sombras gambetea
With the shadows gambetea
Y en un zaguán esta un galán
And in a hallway is a heartthrob
Hablando con su amor
Talking to His Love
Y, desde el fondo del dock
And, from the bottom of the dock
Gimiendo en lánguido lamento
Groaning in languid lament
El eco trae un acento
The echo brings an accent
De un monótono acordeón.
From a monotonous accordion.
y cruza el cielo un aullido
and a howl crosses the sky
De algún perro vagabundo
From a stray dog
Y un reo meditabundo va silbando esta canción
And a meditative prisoner is whistling this song
Una calle, un farol, ella y el
A street, a lantern, she and the
Y llegando sigilosa
And arriving stealthily
La sombra del hombre aquel
The shadow of the man that
A quien infiel dejo una vez la ingrata moza
To whom unfaithful I leave once the ungrateful girl
Un gemido y un grito mortal
A groan and a deadly cry
y brillando entre las sombras
and shining in the shadows
El relumbrón con que un facon
The glow with which a facon
Da su tajo fatal
It gives its fatal slash
Y, desde el fondo del dock
And, from the bottom of the dock
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