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Singer: Horacio SALGAN y Ubaldo DE LIOComposer: Abel FleuryAuthor: Fernando Ochoa

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Milonga porteña que oculta cantando
Las penas que anidan en su corazón,
Que en todos los barrios derrama armonías
Y pone en las almas un cacho de sol.
Vos sos queja humilde en boca del ciego
O sollozo amargo en una prisión,
Y pintan tus cantos churrinches de fuego
En todas las bocas que ofrecen amor.
 
Te vas, porque estás cansada
De sentirte forastera,
Estás... con la muchachada
De ayer... y sos su bandera,
Lloran Corrales, San Telmo
Palermo y Avellaneda.
 
Milonga porteña que pasa en la noche
Llevando en sus notas un rayo de luz,
Pa´ alumbrar el sueño de alguna pebeta
Que halló en un obrero su Príncipe Azul.
Milonga canyengue, que hiciste pata ancha
Copando a coraje, dulzura o dolor,
Con tu ritmo taura bajaste una estrella
Pa´ hacerla en la esquina de guapos, farol.
English translation
Milonga porteña that hides while singing
The sorrows that nest in her heart,
That in all the neighborhoods pours harmonies
And puts in the souls a piece of sunshine.
You are a humble complaint in a blind man's mouth
Or bitter sob in a prison,
And your songs paint churrinches of fire
In all the mouths that offer love.
 
You are leaving, because you are tired
Of feeling like a stranger,
You're... with the ladachada
Of yesterday... and you are their flag,
Corrales, San Telmo, Palermo and Avellaneda
Palermo and Avellaneda.
 
Milonga porteña that passes in the night
Carrying in its notes a ray of light,
To light up the dream of some little girl
Who found in a worker her Prince Charming.
Milonga canyengue, that you made a wide leg
Copando a coraje, dulzura o dolor,
With your taura rhythm you lowered a star
To make it in the corner of handsome, lantern.

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