Aquel tapado de armiño,
todo forrado en lamé,
que tu cuerpito abrigaba
al salir del cabaret.
Cuando pasaste a mi lado,
prendida a aquel gigoló,
aquel tapado de armiño
¡cuánta pena me causó!

¿Te acordás?, era el momento
culminante del cariño;
me encontraba yo sin vento,
vos amabas el armiño.
Cuántas veces tiritando,
los dos junto a la vidriera,
me decías suspirando:
¡Ay, amor, si vos pudieras!
Y yo con mil sacrificios
te lo pude al fin comprar,
mangué a amigos y usureros
y estuve un mes sin fumar.

Aquel tapado de armiño
todo forrado en lamé,
que tu cuerpito abrigaba
al salir del cabaret.
Me resultó, al fin y al cabo,
más durable que tu amor:
el tapado lo estoy pagando
y tu amor ya se apagó.

English translation

That ermine coat,
all lined in lamé,
that your little body used to wrap up in
when you left the cabaret.
When you passed by my side,
clinging to that gigolo,
that ermine-covered man
what a pity it caused me!

Do you remember, it was the moment
culminating moment of affection;
I was without wind,
you loved the ermine.
How many times shivering,
the two of us by the window,
you said to me, sighing:
Oh, love, if you could!
And I, with a thousand sacrifices
I was finally able to buy it for you,
I got rid of friends and loan sharks
and I went a month without smoking.

That ermine coat
all lined in lamé
that your little body sheltered
when you left the cabaret.
It was, after all, more durable than your love
more durable than your love:
I'm paying for the coat
and your love has already faded.