La Última Cuerda
Jorge Lyrics
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Tu ronca maldición maleva
Tu lágrima de ron me lleva
Hacia el hondo bajo fondo
Donde el barro se subleva
Ya sé, no me digas tenes razón
La vida es una herida absurda
Y es todo, todo tan fugaz
Mi confesión
Contame tu condena
Decime tu fracaso
No ves la pena que me ha herido?
Y háblame simplemente
De aquel amor ausente
Tras un retazo del olvido
Ya sé que me hace daño
Yo sé que te lastimó
Llorando mi sermón de vino
Pero es el viejo amor
Que tiembla, bandoneón
Y busca en el licor que aturda
La curda que al final
Termine la función
Corriéndole un telón
Al corazón
Un poco de recuerdo y sinsabor
Gotea tu rezongo lerdo
Marea tu licor y arrea
La tropilla de la zurda
Al volcar la ultima curda
Cerrame el ventanal, que arrastra el sol
Su lento caracol de sueño
No ves que vengo de un país
Que esta de olvido siempre gris
Tras el alcohol
Contame tu condena
Decime tu fracaso
No ves la pena que me ha herido?
Y háblame simplemente
De aquel amor ausente
Tras un retazo del olvido
Ya sé que me hace daño
Yo sé que te lastimó
Llorando mi sermón de vino
Pero es el viejo amor
Que tiembla, bandoneón
Y busca en el licor que aturda
La curda que al final
Termine la función
Corriéndole un telón
Al corazón
The lyrics to Jorge's song La Ultima Curda are a mix of emotions and memories. The bandoneón is the central character of the song, and its sound is used as a metaphor for the pain and sorrow that the singer is feeling. The opening lines "Lastima bandoneón, mi corazón" (Pity, bandoneón, my heart) set the tone for the rest of the song. The singer is asking the bandoneón to commiserate with him and understand his pain.
As the song progresses, the singer talks about the fleeting nature of life and how everything is just a temporary "curda" (intoxication). He confesses to the bandoneón that he is hurting and asks it to share its own story of pain and failure. The bandoneón's sound represents his own troubled heart and the memories of a lost love that he is trying to drown with alcohol.
In the second verse, the singer again asks the bandoneón to tell him its story, this time focusing on a love that is absent but still haunts him. He acknowledges that his own pain and the bandoneón's sound are both a result of love lost. The final lines of the song are a plea to the bandoneón to help him forget and to bring an end to the pain, symbolized by the "telón" (curtain) falling on his heart.
Overall, the song is a poignant and melancholic tribute to the bandoneón, tango music, and the pain of lost love.
Line by Line Meaning
Lastima bandoneón, mi corazón
The bandoneon hurts, my heart
Tu ronca maldición maleva
Your hoarse, evil curse
Tu lágrima de ron me lleva
Your tear of rum takes me
Hacia el hondo bajo fondo
Towards the deep underworld
Donde el barro se subleva
Where the mud is in rebellion
Ya sé, no me digas tenes razón
I know, you don't have to tell me you're right
La vida es una herida absurda
Life is an absurd wound
Y es todo, todo tan fugaz
And everything, everything is so fleeting
Que es una curda, nada más
That it's just a drunkenness
Mi confesión
My confession
Contame tu condena
Tell me your sentence
Decime tu fracaso
Tell me your failure
No ves la pena que me ha herido?
Can't you see the pain it has caused me?
Y háblame simplemente
And just talk to me
De aquel amor ausente
About that absent love
Tras un retazo del olvido
Behind a scrap of forgetfulness
Ya sé que me hace daño
I know it hurts me
Yo sé que te lastimó
I know it hurt you
Llorando mi sermón de vino
Crying my wine sermon
Pero es el viejo amor
But it's the old love
Que tiembla, bandoneón
That shakes, bandoneon
Y busca en el licor que aturda
And looks for the numbing liquor
La curda que al final
The drunkenness that in the end
Termine la función
Ends the show
Corriéndole un telón
Closing a curtain
Al corazón
On the heart
Un poco de recuerdo y sinsabor
A bit of memory and bitterness
Gotea tu rezongo lerdo
Your slow grumbling drips
Marea tu licor y arrea
Your liquor overwhelms and drives
La tropilla de la zurda
The gang of the left
Al volcar la ultima curda
When pouring the last drunkenness
Cerrame el ventanal, que arrastra el sol
Close the window, that drags the sun
Su lento caracol de sueño
Its slow spiral of sleep
No ves que vengo de un país
Don't you see that I come from a country
Que esta de olvido siempre gris
That is always forgotten and gray
Tras el alcohol
Behind the alcohol
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: OVIDIO CATULO GONZALEZ CASTILLO, ANIBAL CARMELO TROILO
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