LA CANCIÓN
DE BUENOS
AIRES.

Buenos Aires, when I found myself far away, I found solace only in the notes of a sweet tango wept by the bandoneon. Buenos Aires, yearning for you beneath the sun of another sky, when my heart wept as it listened to your nostalgic song.

Song of the tough old neighbourhoods, song of Buenos Aires, there is something in your depths that lives and endures, song of the tough old neighbourhoods, a lament of bitterness, a smile of hope, a sob of passion. This is tango, the song of Buenos Aires, born on the city's outskirts, now reigning throughout the world; this is the tango I carry deep within, lodged in the very depths of my criollo heart.

Buenos Aires, where tango was born, my beloved homeland, I wish I could offer you my whole soul in my singing. And I ask my fate the favour that at the end of my life I may hear the bandoneon's weeping, playing your nostalgic song.