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Soledad/Denis SungHô Lyrics
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Tu ronca maldición maleva
Tu lagrima 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 of Tango in 2-3 by Soledad/Denis SungHô express the depth of pain caused by a failed love story. The lyrics describe the bandoneón, a musical instrument played in traditional Argentine tango, as a cursed and mournful instrument that carries the tears of the singer into the dark underground world where everything is rebelled, and the mud takes over. This parallelism between the melancholic instrument and the singer's mood sets the tone of the entire song, as both are struggling with the same sense of desolation and sorrow. The lyrics convey a sense of resignation and acceptance towards the absurdity of life, and how everything is ephemeral and transitory, just like the drunkenness that only lasts for a short while.
The singer then asks the bandoneón to share its pain and talk about its failures, acknowledging the fact that even an inanimate object can suffer and resonate with human emotions. The second verse continues with the singer's request to the bandoneón to tell her about his failed love story and how he still carries a piece of that sorrow. The lyrics suggest that the bandoneón is seeking refuge in alcohol to numb the pain and finally put an end to his suffering, by drawing the curtain down on his heart.
Line by Line Meaning
Lastima bandoneón, mi corazón
The bandoneon hurts my heart
Tu ronca maldición maleva
Your rough curse is malicious
Tu lagrima de ron me lleva
Your tear of alcohol takes me
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, don't 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
It's all just a drunk night
Mi confesión
My confession
Contame tu condena
Tell me about your sentence
Decime tu fracaso
Tell me about your failure
No ves la pena que me ha herido?
Don't you see the pain that has hurt 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 oblivion
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 sermon of wine
Pero es el viejo amor
But it's the old love
Que tiembla, bandoneón
That trembles, bandoneon
Y busca en el licor que aturda
And looks for the liquor that numbs
La curda que al final
The drunk night 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 little bit of memory and bitterness
Gotea tu rezongo lerdo
Your slow grumbling drips
Marea tu licor y arrea
Tosses your liquor and drives
La tropilla de la zurda
The herd of the left
Al volcar la ultima curda
When pouring the final drink
Cerrame el ventanal, que arrastra el sol
Close the window that drags the sun
Su lento caracol de sueño
Its slow snail of sleep
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 from oblivion
Tras el alcohol
After the alcohol
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: OVIDIO CATULO GONZALEZ CASTILLO, ANIBAL CARMELO TROILO
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