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A la luz del candil

Singer: Osvaldo PUGLIESESinger 2: Miguel MonteroComposer: Carlos Vicente Geroni FloresAuthor: Julio Navarrine

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Lyrics
¿Me da su permiso, señor comisario?
Disculpe si vengo tan mal entrazao,
yo soy forastero y he caido al Rosario,
trayendo en los tientos un güen entripao.
Acaso usted piense que soy un matrero,
yo soy gaucho honrado a carta cabal,
no soy un borracho ni soy un cuatrero;
¡Señor comisario... yo soy criminal!...

¡Arrésteme, sargento,
y póngame cadenas!...
¡Si soy un delincuente,
que me perdone Dios!

Yo he sido un criollo güeno,
me llamo Alberto Arenas.
¡Señor... me traicionaban,
y los maté a los dos!
Mi china fue malvada,
mi amigo era un sotreta;
cuando me fui a otro pago
me basureó la infiel.
Las pruebas de la infamia
las traigo en la maleta:
¡las trenzas de mi china
y el corazón de él!

¡Párese, sargento, que no me retobo!...
Yo quiero que sepan la verdad de a mil...
La noche era oscura como boca'e lobo;
Testigo, solito, la luz de un candil.
Total, casi nada: un beso en la sombra...
Dos cuerpos cayeron, y una maldición;
y allí, comisario, si usted no se asombra,
yo encontré dos vainas para mi facón.

¡Arrésteme, sargento,
y póngame cadenas!...
¡Si soy un delincuente,
que me perdone Dios!
English translation
May I have your permission, Commissioner?
Forgive me if I come so badly dressed,
I'm a stranger and I've fallen into the Rosary,..,
bringing a good entrapao on my harness.
Perhaps you think I'm a thug,
I'm a full-fledged gaucho,
I'm not a drunkard nor am I a rustler;
Mr. Commissioner... I am a criminal!...

Arrest me, sergeant,
and put me in chains!...
If I am a criminal,
may God forgive me!

I've been a good Creole,
my name is Alberto Arenas.
Sir... they betrayed me,
and I killed them both!
My Chinese was evil,
my friend was a sotreta;
when I went to another payment
I was mocked by the infidel.
The proofs of the infamy
I bring them in my suitcase:
my Chinese woman's braids
and his heart!

Stop it, sergeant, I'm not going to dare!...
I want you to know the truth a thousand times over....
The night was as dark as a wolf's mouth;
Witness, alone, the light of a candle.
All in all, almost nothing: a kiss in the shadow...
Two bodies fell, and a curse;
and there, commissioner, if you are not astonished,
I found two sheaths for my facon.

Arrest me, sergeant,
and put me in chains!...
If I am a criminal,
may God forgive me!

The Cabeceo