La Última Copa
Sexteto Tango Lyrics


Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴

Lastima bandoneón, mi corazón
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
Que es una curda, nada más
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

Overall Meaning

The song tells a story of a broken hearted man who seeks solace in liquor after his lover leaves him. The bandoneón, a type of accordion commonly used in tango music, serves as his confidante as he pours out his heart, lamenting the futility of life and love. The man acknowledges that his pain is self-inflicted, but he cannot help seeking refuge in alcohol to numb the ache.


Throughout the song, the bandoneón serves as a symbol of the man's pain and the music reinforces his sorrow. The melancholic melody and slow rhythm create a mournful mood that intensifies the emotions of the lyrics. At the end of the song, the man recognizes that his search for a cure in alcohol was in vain as the curtain finally falls on his heart.


Line by Line Meaning

Lastima bandoneón, mi corazón
Oh, pity me, bandoneón, my heart is heavy


Tu ronca maldición maleva
Your harsh, cursed lament echoes in my soul


Tu lágrima de ron me lleva
Your tears of spirits take me away


Hacia el hondo bajo fondo
Towards the deep underworld


Donde el barro se subleva
Where the mud rebels


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, nothing more


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?
Don't you see the pain that has wounded me?


Y háblame simplemente
And speak to me simply


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 too


Llorando mi sermón de vino
Crying my wine sermon


Pero es el viejo amor
But it's the old love


Que tiembla, bandoneón
That trembles, bandoneón


Y busca en el licor que aturda
And searches in the staggering liquor


La curda que al final
The drunkenness that in the end


Termine la función
Ends the show


Corriéndole un telón
Drawing 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 complaint drips


Marea tu licor y arrea
Surging your spirits and pushing


La tropilla de la zurda
The band of the lefties


Al volcar la ultima curda
As the last drunkenness spills over


Cerrame el ventanal, que arrastra el sol
Close the window that brings in the sun


Su lento caracol de sueño
Its slow snail of sleepiness


No ves que vengo de un país
Don't you see I come from a country


Que esta de olvido siempre gris
That is always gray with forgetfulness


Tras el alcohol
Behind the alcohol




Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: OVIDIO CATULO GONZALEZ CASTILLO, ANIBAL CARMELO TROILO

Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
To comment on or correct specific content, highlight it

Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Song not found

More Versions