Buenos Aires
Joaquin Sabina/Fito Paez Lyrics
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Y un par de pibes, en la esquina
Inventan una solución
En Buenos Aires todo vuela
La alegría, la anarquía
La bondad, la desesperación
Que camina
Ensortijado entre los sueños
Y la confusión
En Buenos Aires descubrí
Que el día hace la guerra
La noche, el amor
En Buenos Aires leo, fumo
Toco el piano y me emborracho
Solo en una habitación
En Buenos Aires casi todo
Ya ha pasado
De generación en degeneración
Y Buenos Aires come todo
Lo que encuentra como todo buen
Narciso, nadie como yo
Pero el espejo le devuelve
Una mirada de msiterio
De terror y de fascinación
Buenos Aires, buenos aires
Buenos aires
Para vos
The lyrics to Buenos Aires by Joaquin Sabina and Fito Paez are a poetic representation of the complex and vibrant city of Buenos Aires. The song begins with the sun shining on the city, and two boys on a street corner coming up with a solution to something. This sets the tone for the city's energy and resourcefulness. Buenos Aires is a place where everything is in motion, from joy to anarchy, kindness to desperation. The city itself is compared to an animal moving through dreams and confusion.
The lyrics then delve deeper into the personal experience of the artist in Buenos Aires. The city is a place where one can discover the contrasts in life, like how the day represents war and the night represents love. The artist confesses to reading, smoking, playing the piano, and getting drunk in a room by himself, which highlights the ambiguity of solitude in a city that is always alive. The song also suggests that the city is made up of moments that have been passed down from generation to generation, and everything that has happened before shapes the present. The final lines of the song point to how the city is both self-centered and self-reflective. It eats up everything, like Narcissus, but when it looks in the mirror, it sees a mystery that is both terrifying and fascinating.
Overall, Buenos Aires is a love letter to a city that never stops moving and is full of life, but is also complicated and difficult to define. The lyrics cleverly balance observations about the city itself with personal experiences, creating a vivid portrait of an elusive place that is familiar to those who have experienced it.
Line by Line Meaning
En Buenos Aires brilla el sol
The sun shines in Buenos Aires
Y un par de pibes, en la esquina
And a couple of kids, on the corner
Inventan una solución
Are inventing a solution
En Buenos Aires todo vuela
In Buenos Aires everything flies
La alegría, la anarquía
Joy, anarchy
La bondad, la desesperación
Goodness, desperation
Y Buenos Aires es un bicho
And Buenos Aires is a bug
Que camina
That walks
Ensortijado entre los sueños
Curling up between dreams
Y la confusión
And confusion
En Buenos Aires descubrí
In Buenos Aires, I discovered
Que el día hace la guerra
That the day makes war
La noche, el amor
The night, the love
En Buenos Aires leo, fumo
In Buenos Aires, I read, smoke
Toco el piano y me emborracho
I play the piano and get drunk
Solo en una habitación
Alone in a room
En Buenos Aires casi todo
In Buenos Aires almost everything
Ya ha pasado
Has already happened
De generación en degeneración
From generation to degeneration
Y Buenos Aires come todo
And Buenos Aires eats everything
Lo que encuentra como todo buen
What it finds, like every good
Narciso, nadie como yo
Narcissus, no one like me
Pero el espejo le devuelve
But the mirror returns to him
Una mirada de msiterio
A look of mystery
De terror y de fascinación
Of terror and fascination
Buenos Aires, buenos aires
Buenos Aires, good winds
Buenos aires
Good winds
Para vos
For you
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Rodolfo Paez Pka: Fito Paez
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