Carlos Gardel's "Por una Cabeza (Original) - Tango"
"Por una Cabeza" is a tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera.
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Spanish
Por una cabeza
Por una cabeza
de un noble potrillo
que justo en la raya
afloja al llegar;
y que al regresar
parece decir
no olvides, hermano,
vos sabes no hay que jugar.
Por una cabeza
metejón de un día
de aquella coqueta
y risueña mujer,
que al jurar sonriendo
el amor que está mintiendo
quema en una hoguera
todo mi querer.
[Coro:]
Por una cabeza
todas las locuras;
su boca que besa
borra la tristeza
calma la amargura.
Por una cabeza
si ella me olvida
que importa perderme
mil veces la vida;
¿para qué vivir?
Cuantos desengaños
por una cabeza
yo jure mil veces
no vuelvo a insistir;
pero si un mirar
me hiere al pasar
su boca de fuego
otra vez quiero besar.
Basta de carrera,
se acabo la timba,
un final reñido
yo no vuelvo a ver;
pero si algún pingo
llega a ser fija el domingo
yo me juego entero;
¡qué le voy a hacer!
(coro)
English
By only a head
By only a head of
a pureblood race colt
that just on the finish
had slowed down to shamble;
and upon riding back
it seems to be saying
forget not this brother,
you know that you shouldn't gamble
By only a head I
was love struck at first sight
with that one coquettish
and cheerful dame
who by pledging with a smile
a love that she's lying about
she burns all my love
in a blazing flame
[Chorus:]
By only a head were
all of the follies;
her lips when she's kissing
the sadness are dismissing
the sourness make jolly
By only a head that
if she forgets me
won't matter if I lose
my life that hurts me;
what is there to live?
Lots of disappointments,
by only a head all
thousand times I swore that
I won't fall for this
but each time a passing
look off my feet sweeps me
her burning lips,once more,
I want to just kiss
I'm done with the race tracks,
I'm quiting all gambling
a dead heat I don't want
to ever watch again
but if a young filly
looks sure bet on Sunday
I'll gamble all I have,
what can I do then!
