La Cumparsita
Carlos Gardel/Alfredo De Angelis Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Si supieras,
Que aún dentro de mi alma,
Conservo aquel cariño
Que tuve para ti
Quién sabe si supieras
Que nunca te he olvidado,
Volviendo a tu pasado
Te acordarás de mí

Los amigos ya no vienen
Ni siquiera a visitarme,
Nadie quiere consolarme
En mi aflicción
Desde el día que te fuiste
Siento angustias en mi pecho,
Decí, percanta,
Qué has hecho e mi pobre corazón?

Sin embargo,
Yo siempre te recuerdo
Con el cariño santo
Que tuve para ti
Y estás en todas partes,
Pedazo de mi vida,
Y aquellos ojos que fueron mi alegría
Los busco por todas partes
Y no los puedo hallar

Al cotorro abandonado
Ya ni el sol de la mañana
Asoma por la ventana
Como cuando estabas vos,
Y aquel perrito compañero,
Que por tu ausencia no comía,

Al verme solo el otro día
También me dejó

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Carlos Gardel's song "La Cumparsita" are a reflection of the lingering memories and emotions of a lost love. The first verse speaks of how the singer still holds the love he had for the person in his soul, and wonders if they knew that he never forgot about them. The second verse speaks of how the singer's friends no longer visit or console him in his sorrow since the day his love left, and he questions what his love has done to his poor heart.

The final verse speaks of the singer still holding onto the memories of his love with a pure and holy love, and how his love is still present in every part of his life. The absence of his love is also reflected in his surroundings, as the abandoned pet and the lack of sunlight in the room further emphasize the melancholy nature of the song.

Line by Line Meaning

Si supieras,
If you only knew,

Que aún dentro de mi alma,
That even within my soul,

Conservo aquel cariño
I still hold that love

Que tuve para ti
That I had for you

Quién sabe si supieras
Who knows if you would know

Que nunca te he olvidado,
That I have never forgotten you

Volviendo a tu pasado
Going back to your past

Te acordarás de mí
You will remember me

Los amigos ya no vienen
Friends no longer come

Ni siquiera a visitarme,
Not even to visit me

Nadie quiere consolarme
No one wants to console me

En mi aflicción
In my anguish

Desde el día que te fuiste
Since the day you left

Siento angustias en mi pecho,
I feel anguish in my chest

Decí, percanta,
Tell me, woman,

Qué has hecho e mi pobre corazón?
What have you done to my poor heart?

Sin embargo,
Nevertheless,

Yo siempre te recuerdo
I always remember you

Con el cariño santo
With a sacred love

Que tuve para ti
That I had for you

Y estás en todas partes,
And you're everywhere,

Pedazo de mi vida,
A piece of my life,

Y aquellos ojos que fueron mi alegría
And those eyes that were my joy

Los busco por todas partes
I search for them everywhere

Y no los puedo hallar
And I cannot find them

Al cotorro abandonado
To the abandoned parrot

Ya ni el sol de la mañana
Not even the morning sun

Asoma por la ventana
Appears through the window

Como cuando estabas vos,
Like when you were here,

Y aquel perrito compañero,
And that faithful dog,

Que por tu ausencia no comía,
Who wouldn't eat in your absence,

Al verme solo el otro día
Seeing me alone the other day

También me dejó
Also left me

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ? RODRIGUEZ, PEARL FAWCETT

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

TRACKS