2342  Siga el Corso

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:22:10 +0200
From: Aarnoud Rommens <aarnoud_gd_rommens@YAHOO.COM.AR>
Subject: Siga el Corso

Hi everyone,



I was wondering if anyone could help me out. As my
Spanish/Lunfardo is bad, not to mention inexistent, I’m
looking for an English (or French, Dutch, German)
translation of “Siga El Corso”, versions by Aieta/Jiménez.
Is it correct that there are two versions with different
lyrics? Does anyone know where I could find these and their
translations?

I am doing some research at the Jan van Eyck Academy
(Maastricht, Netherlands) into tactics in arts that evaded
censorship during El Proceso - there are for instance these
tango lyrics featured in the artwork of Alberto Breccia.
More info on my project at
https://www.janvaneyck.nl/departments/cv_t/cv_t_rom.html;



Thanks in advance!

aarnoud



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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:04:39 +0200
From: Peter Turowski <tangopeter@GMX.DE>
Subject: Re: Siga el Corso

>I m looking for an English (or French, Dutch, German)
>translation of Siga El Corso , versions by Aieta/Jiminez.
>Is it correct that there are two versions with different
>lyrics? Does anyone know where I could find these and their
>translations?

Even four versions can be found under:
https://argentina.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/tangos/subject87.html

(whish I could translate...)
e.g. a short one:

Esa colombina puso en sus ojeras
humo de la hoguera de su corazsn;
aquella marquesa de la risa loca
se pints la boca por besar a un clown;
cruza del palco hasta el coche
la serpentina nerviosa y fina,
como un pintoresco broche
sobre la noche del carnaval.

Decmme quiin sos vos,
decmme dsnde vas,
alegre mascarita
que me gritas, al pasar:
?Qui hacis? me conocis...
Adiss, adiss, adiss:
!Yo soy la misteriosa
mujercita que buscas!

!Sacate el antifaz,
te quiero conocer!
Tus ojos por el corso
va buscando mi ansiedad;
tu risa me hace mal,
mostrate como sos,
detras de tus desvmos
todo el aqo es carnaval.

Con sonora burla suena la corneta
de una pizpireta dama de organdm,
y entre grito y risa, linda maragata
jura que la mata la pasisn por mm;
tras de los chuscos carteles
pasan los fieles del dios jocundo
y le va prendiendo al mundo
sus cascabeles el carnaval.

HTH
Peter